Extorter - Law Dictionary Search Results
Extortioner
One who practices extortion an extortionist
Confession to a priest
69 LT 468; Wheeler v. Le Marchant, (1881) 17 Ch D 681; but some judges have disapproved of extorting such secrets [see, e.g., per Best, C.J., in Broad v. Pitt, (1828) 3 C&P 518]. The practice of
Black mail
of distinction from reditus albi (blanch-firmes, or white-rents). But the term is used in modern times to signify extortion of money by threatening letters or threats to accuse of crime--an offence punishable, if the crime is punishable,
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Ravening
Eagerness for plunder rapacity extortion
Pollage
A head or poll tax hence extortion
organized crime
Groups of persons organized for illegal purposes such as bootlegging conducting illegal gambling loansharking extortion etc a general term encompassing most forms of criminal groups but especially those that are consolidated into ldquofamiliesrdquo
Malversation
Evil conduct fraudulent practices misbehavior corruption or extortion in office
extortionist
One who practices extortion
Extorsive
Serving or tending to extort
Expression
of expressing the act of forcing out by pressure as the expression of juices or oils also of extorting or eliciting as a forcible expression of truth
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