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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
EXTORTIOUS
a.
Oppressive;
violent;
unjust.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXTORTIOUS
EXTORTIOUS
Ex
*
tor
"tious, a.
Defn:
Extortionate.
[
Obs.
] "
Extortious
cruelties."
Bp.
Hall
--
Ex
*
tor
"tious *
ly,
adv.
[
Obs.
]
Bacon.