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Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Extortion :: Extortion (n.) That which is extorted or exacted by force.

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2..

Blackmail :: Blackmail (n.) Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure..

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

Gripeful :: Gripeful (a.) Disposed to gripe; extortionate.

Poler :: Poler (n.) An extortioner. See Poller.

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..

Ravening :: Ravening (n.) Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion.

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..

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

Polling :: Polling (n.) Plunder, or extortion..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.

Extortioner :: Extortioner (n.) One who practices extortion.

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

Exactor :: Exactor (n.) One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands..

Shave :: Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat..

Wringer :: Wringer (n.) One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner..

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