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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Malversation :: Malversation (n.) Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office..

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

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

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

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

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

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