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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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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.

Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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.

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

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

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..

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