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Definition of extortion

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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..

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Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Extortious :: Extortious (a.) Extortionate.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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