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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..

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

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

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

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

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extortious :: Extortious (a.) Extortionate.

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

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.

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

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