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exact
adj. precise; meticulous, extremely accurate
 
v. demand, require, insist upon; force

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Extortion
Extortion (also called shakedown, outwrestling, and exaction) is a criminal offense of obtaining money, property, or services from a person, entity, individual or institution, through coercion. It is sometimes euphemistically referred to as a "protection racket" since the racketeers often phrase their demands as payment for "protection" from (real or hypothetical) threats from unspecified other parties. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups. The actual obtainment of money or property is not required to commit the offense. Making a threat of violence which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the demanding and obtaining of something through force, but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant.

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exact

Verb
1. claim as due or just; "The bank demanded payment of the loan"
(synonym) demand
(hypernym) claim
(hyponym) command
(derivation) exaction
2. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
(synonym) claim, take
(hypernym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
(verb-group) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

Adjective
1. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
(antonym) inexact
(similar) direct, verbatim
(see-also) accurate
2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct; "a precise image"; "a precise measurement"
(synonym) accurate, precise
(similar) correct, right


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exact
adj. exact, accurate, correct; true, proper; faithful

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exact
adj. exact, precise; meticulous