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A negotiator who supplies both the offer and the threat.
means Someone who gets money or favors out of you by force, threats, or the deliberate misuse of power over you.
from Traces back to Latin 'extorquere' — 'ex-' (out) plus 'torquere' (to twist, the same root that gives us 'torque' and 'torture'). So literally, to twist something out of someone. The word entered English in the 1500s via 'extortion,' carrying that same image: your arm, your will, your wallet, wrenched into submission.
- core move
- turns your fear into their income
- legal cousin
- blackmail, minus the paperwork
- key skill
- making demands sound like favors
- business model
- sells protection from itself