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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..

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

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..

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

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

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance..

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

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

Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.

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

Rapacious :: Rapacious (a.) Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite..

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

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

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

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..

Extort :: Extort (v. i.) To practice extortion.

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

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..

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