Answer to "Extorts money from" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BLEEDS , but the solution may also be BLACKMAILS which is one of the most recent solution (2008 in USA Today).

Extorts money from crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
BLEEDS	50 %	6
BLACKMAILS	50 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Extorts money from

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• blackmailer
• bloodsucker
• extortionist
• extortioner
• squeeze
• sweat
• blackmail
• protection
• tribute
• extract
• extort
• strain

Crossword Answer definitions

BLEEDS noun

1. An incident of bleeding, as in haemophilia.
2. A narrow edge around a page layout, to be printed but cut off afterwards (added to allow for slight misalignment, especially with pictures that should run to the edge of the finished sheet).
3. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
4. The removal of air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

BLEEDS verb

1. (of a person or animal) To lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
2. To let or draw blood from.
3. To take large amounts of money from.
4. To steadily lose (something vital).
5. (of an ink or dye) To spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
6. To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
7. To bleed on; to make bloody.
8. To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
9. To lose sap, gum, or juice.
10. To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
11. (of a phonological rule) To destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result BLEEDS

• Extorts money from
• Runs together
• Oozes color
• Runs, as a colour
• Runs over the edge, as ink
• "If it ___, it leads" (news motto)
• Runs, like madras
• Runs
• Runs, as dye
• Runs in the wash

More clues leading to the result BLACKMAILS

• Extorts money from