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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..

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

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

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

Extortionary :: Extortionary (a.) Extortionate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extortious :: Extortious (a.) Extortionate.

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

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..

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

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

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

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