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Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum

Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod

Begging

soliciting or receiving alms, whether under any pretence; (ii) exposing or exhibiting with the object of obtaining or extorting alms, any sore, wound, injury, deformity or disease, whether of himself or of any other person or of

racketeering

racketeering 1 : the extortion of money or advantage by threat or force 2 : a pattern of illegal activity (as extortion and

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blackmail

blackmail [originally, payment extorted from farmers in Scotland and northern England, from black + dialectal mail payment, rent] : extortion or coercion

Chauffeur

killed in parts of France so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money

Blackmailer

One who extorts or endeavors to extort money by black mailing

Threats

is in pecuniary damages. By the Larceny Act, 1916, s. 30, Every person who with intent: (a) to extort any valuable thing from any person, or (b) to induce any person to confer or procure for any

Obtaining or attempting to obtain

part of the receiver. One may accept money that is offered, or solicit payment of a bribe, or extort the bribe by threat or coercion; in each case, he obtains a pecuniary advantage by abusing his position

Extorsive

Serving or tending to extort

Conspiracy

and also with hard labour in the case of ' any conspiracy to cheat or defraud, or to extort money or goods, or falsely to accuse of any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the

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