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Libel

privilege. Threatening to publish a libel with the intent to extort anything valuable, etc., is punishable as a misdemeanour [(English) Larceny

Magna Carta

buy and sell, without any manner of evil tolts [i.e., extortions], by the old and rightful customs, except in time of

Confession to a priest

17 Ch D 681; but some judges have disapproved of extorting such secrets [see, e.g., per Best, C.J., in Broad v.

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Coronatre exonerando

incapacitated by years or sickness, or has been guilty of extortion.

Exaction

or fee for what which the law allows not, whereas extortion is where an officer takes more than is due, when

Fees

it has been suggested that an indictment would lie for extortion colore officii. The fees of the steward of a manor

Robbery

Robbery, In all robbery there is either theft or extortion (Penal Code, 1860, s. 390) The unlawful and forcible taking

Malversation

in an office, employment, or commission, as breach of trust, extortion, etc. Malversation, official corruption, a misbehaviour, especially by someone exercising

Repetundae

forcing someone to give money or things as a bribe; extortion, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1301

Ravening

Eagerness for plunder rapacity extortion

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