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extortion

extortion 1 : the act or practice of extorting esp. money or other property ;specif : the act or

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Extortion [fr. extorqueo, Lat., to wrest away], any oppression under colour of right, as the demanding of a more

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The act of extorting the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force by threats or by any undue

One who practices extortion

Extorting money, etc., by Menaces. See 24 & 25 Vict. c. 96, ss. 44, 45; BLACKMAIL; and THREATS.

To extort to draw from or forth by violence

Characterized by extortion oppressive hard

Robbery extortion

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