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Blackmail :: Blackmail (v. t.) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud..

Vampire :: Vampire (n.) Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.

Pollage :: Pollage (n.) A head or poll tax; hence, extortion..

Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..

Griper :: Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.

Extorting :: Extorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Extor.

Expression :: Expression (n.) The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth..

Bleed :: Bleed (v. i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause..

Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

Blackmailing :: Blackmailing (n.) The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation..

Bribery :: Bribery (n.) Robbery; extortion.

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due..

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..

Striker :: Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing..

Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner..

Harpy :: Harpy (n.) One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

Blackmailer :: Blackmailer (n.) One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing..

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