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racketeering

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

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

Fees

on the case to recover the excess, and it has been suggested that an indictment would lie for extortion colore officii. The fees of the steward of a manor who is a solicitor, but acts in the

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Tolta

Tolta, wrong, rapine, extortion.

Stolen property

property' given in s. 410, Penal Code. Only such property possession whereof has been transferred by theft, or extortion or criminal misappropriation or other offences allied to them as mentioned in s. 410, falls within the definition

Shakedown

Shakedown, means an extortion of money using threats of violence or, in the case of a public officer, threats of arrest, Black's

Repetundae

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

Malversation

Malversation, misbehaviour in an office, employment, or commission, as breach of trust, extortion, etc. Malversation, official corruption, a misbehaviour, especially by someone exercising an office, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

Robbery

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

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

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