Extort
Reason
Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
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Both words in one sentence
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The main reason for arbitrary exchange rates was so that Germany could extort economic concessions from defeated nations more easily, however, and the benefits to its occupation troops was an added bonus.
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It is treated as being more important than anything happening in the material universe meaning that all powerful gods and their servants don't really have much reason to extort much pressure on crumbling Imperium.
Source: The Gods Must Be Lazy
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Reason and Extort. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extort/reason
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