Beat and Extort

Beat

Beat verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

Usage example: the screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits

Show all Definitions

Extort and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extort" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Extort verb - To get (as money) by the use of force or threats.

Show all Definitions

Beat and extort are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Extort".

Nearby Words: extortion, extorting

Batter Up: When two gangsters arrive in Frank Castelione's store to extort him protection money, he and his son beat them up with baseball bats and drive them out.

Source: Comic Book / Punisher Noir
Mugging the Monster: The thugs constantly trying to beat up/extort the main characters as they walk down the street have no idea what they're getting into.

Source: Video Game / Yakuza
Smug Snake: "Happy" Jack Mulraney is a totally loathsome little sod, who will quite complacently use his position as a policeman to beat up and extort bribes from the petty criminals of the Five Points, but is totally dominated by Bill.

Source: Film / Gangs of New York

Cite this Source

Extort and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/extort

Beat & Extort. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/extort>.

Extort or Beat. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/extort.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "beat" and "extort" have occurred on timeline