extort
ik-STORTverbMeaning to get money or something else by force or threats
Memory hook EX-TORT: TWIST it OUT of you. Rex blocks the little bridge and growls that no one may cross unless they hand over a coin: he extorts money from every traveler.
In the old tale, the pirates extorted gold from every ship that passed.
In context The scammer tried to extort money from the shop owner, threatening to post false reviews unless she paid him, but she called the police instead.
Similar extract, squeeze, wring, force
From Latin extorquere, “to twist out”: ex- (out) + torquere (to twist).