Both Uses of
extortion
in
Twelfth Night
- But I perceive in you so excellent a touch of modesty, that you will not extort from me what I am willing to keep in; therefore it charges me in manners the rather to express myself.†
Scene 2.1 *
- Do not extort thy reasons from this clause, For, that I woo, thou therefore hast no cause: But rather reason thus with reason fetter: Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.†
Scene 3.1
Definition:
obtaining something by threat
or:
charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice
or:
charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice