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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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