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extortioner

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ex·tor·tion  (k-stôrshn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of extorting.
2. Illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds, or patronage.
3. An excessive or exorbitant charge.
4. Something extorted.
ex·tortion·ary (-sh-nr) adj.
ex·tortion·ist, ex·tortion·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.extortionerextortioner - a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
blackmailer, extortionist
criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Translations
extortioner [ɪksˈtɔːʃənəʳ] extortionist [ɪksˈtɔːʃənɪst] N → extorsionador(a) m/f; (= official) → concusionario m
extortioner
n → Erpresser(in) m(f); (charging high prices) → Wucherer(in) m(f)


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Felton only expressed, with regard to the duke, the feeling of execration which all the English had declared toward him whom the Catholics themselves called the extortioner, the pillager, the debauchee, and whom the Puritans styled simply Satan.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
A fine game for him to play, a game after his mean old heart: blackmail from me, bribes from the police, the one bidding against the other; but he sha'n't play it with me, he sha'n't live to, and the world will have an extortioner the less.
The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
According to the tenor of the sentence, which the criers read aloud and incorrectly, two farmers of the revenues, monopolists of money, dilapidators of the royal provisions, extortioners, and forgers, were about to undergo capital punishment on the Place de Greve, with their names blazoned over their heads, according to their sentence.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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