Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who extorts something from another, or makes an extortionate demand or charge; an extortioner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who practices extortion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun someone who
extorts ; anextortioner
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
Etymologies
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Examples
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Being an extortionist is the only thing she is good at.
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In exasperation I called the extortionist office manager and she said if I can pay the rest off before the end of the month she'll drop all of the administrative fees.
My Domestic Church 2009
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And at first it's a lot to take in — the blackmail; the $2 million demand; the screenplay weirdness; the revelations that the extortionist was a high-level Emmy-winning producer for CBS; the emergence of Stephanie Birkett, affable on-screen sidekick, as but one of the women; the surfacing of other names, too; claims of a Late Show love nest.
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The scene where Donovan was captured and forced to admit he was the extortionist was a bit rushed - don't you think?
TV Fanatic 2010
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In fact, his extortionist is the one who should be ashamed of himself.
LT Saloon 2009
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In fact, his extortionist is the one who should be ashamed of himself.
LT Saloon 2009
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"If he who helps ailing children is called extortionist, then I am an extortionist," whined Eli Yeshai, Shas 'leading politician, who normally reports to the group's spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.
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"If he who helps ailing children is called extortionist, then I am an extortionist," whined Eli Yeshai, Shas 'leading politician, who normally reports to the group's spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.
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That the conjurer may in any one case have been a fraud and even a kind of extortionist, and in another case a genuine popular religious leader is, from this point of view, of little importance.
A Special Supplement: American Slaves and Their History Genovese, Eugene D. 1970
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I was certain, as I surveyed the crowd, one of these sons of bitches was my extortionist.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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