to wrest, to extract, to extort
Jemandem etwas (oft mühsam oder mit Gewalt) abringen oder entlocken.
To obtain something from someone with great difficulty or force.
☞ Often used in the context of information or confessions.
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Er entringt dem Zeugen die Wahrheit.— He wrests the truth from the witness.
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Die Wahrheit wurde ihm mühsam entringt.— The truth was laboriously extracted from him.
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