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Meanings of extort a confession in English

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Usage of extort a confession in English
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The magistrates, however, interfered, and endeavored to extort a confession from Goethe.
Biographical Essays
2
Then you mean to try and extort a confession from Laleli herself?
Paul Patoff
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They endeavoured, by every possible means, to extort a confession from him, but without success.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 09
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Bending over the other, he was trying with all his might to extort a confession from him.
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
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Men are no longer, in any quarter of the world, racked or pressed under planks to extort a confession of diabolical alliance.
The Inner Life / Part 3 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittie...
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I have surprised your sentiments, and have extorted a confession from you.
In Direst Peril
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He had him cross-examined, and finally extorted a confession.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
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She seemed like some marble statue, which one might hack and hew in twain, without extorting a confession.
Infelice
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