Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises extortion; specifically, one who obtains excessive prices, rent, interest, etc., by means of monopoly or some other advantage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who practices extortion; an extortionist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
extorts ; anextortionist
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
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Examples
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That they should not long need their kindness, or be troublesome to them: For the extortioner is almost at an end already, and the spoiler ceases.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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But the cure hoping to recall the extortioner to something like
The Honor of the Name �mile Gaboriau 2003
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But the cure hoping to recall the extortioner to something like a sense of shame, exclaimed:
The Honor of the Name ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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Let the extortioner catch all that he hath and let the strangers spoil his labor.
David Van Biema: Bad News Psalms David Van Biema 2012
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Why doesn't Harry Reid tell this extortioner to vote for the bill or lose his Chairmanship.
Lieberman: I'll back health care bill without Medicare expansion 2009
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Let the extortioner catch all that he hath and let the strangers spoil his labor.
David Van Biema: Bad News Psalms David Van Biema 2012
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Let the extortioner catch all that he hath and let the strangers spoil his labor.
David Van Biema: Bad News Psalms David Van Biema 2012
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Let the extortioner catch all that he hath and let the strangers spoil his labor.
David Van Biema: Bad News Psalms David Van Biema 2012
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And in demanding massive escrow accounts to be distributed by political appointees through extra-legal processes, the president has assumed the role of extortioner-in-chief.
Hayward Testimony: All That Was Missing Were The Waterboards 2010
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