Why this word is great
FLAGITATE — [Verb] To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. From Latin flāgitātus, perfect passive participle of flāgitō ("to demand, ask urgingly"), with the verb-forming suffix -ate. Unlike "importune" (which suggests persistent but wearying requests) or "beseech" (which kneels in supplication), to flagitate is to seize desire by the throat. It is the creditor hammering at the door at dawn, the lover’s midnight ultimatum, the starving man’s howl for bread—a demand that leaves no room for refusal, because to ask softly would be to risk not being heard at all. To flagitate is to stake a claim on the world, knowing it may not yield.