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extortion
in
The Scarlet Letter
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- "When we last spake together," said Hester, "now seven years ago, it was your pleasure to extort a promise of secrecy as touching the former relation betwixt yourself and me.†
p. 157.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(extortion) obtaining something by threat
or:
charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)