Answer: extorts

AnswerCrossword Clue
EXTORTS

Uses muscle to get

EXTORTS

Tries to shake down

EXTORTS

Obtains through coercion

EXTORTS
Bleeds
EXTORTS
Blackmails.
EXTORTSWrings from.
EXTORTSWrests from.
EXTORTSGouges
EXTORTSShakes down
EXTORTSMakes pay, in a bad way
EXTORTSCoerces
EXTORTSTakes by force