The Clue
Practiced extortion (4 letter answer)
The Answer
BLED
Tags
Notes
The answer BLED is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Blackmailed
Extorted
Extorted from
Extracted
Ran
Sapped
Felt grief
Felt sorrow
Practiced blackmail
Ran, as colors
Ran, as dye
Ran in the laundry
Ran, as madras
Ran in the rain
Ran in the wash
Shook down
Slovenian resort
Suffered from a cut
Suffered terribly
Wasn't colorfast
Extracted, as sap from a tree
Felt deep pity (for)
Ran when wetted
Ran while wet
Slovenian lake or town
Let off brake air
Definition
BLEED as a verb:
1. (shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage) = lose blood from one's body
2. (bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise) = draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
3. get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
4. (run, bleed) = be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
5. drain of liquid or steam; "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"