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Criminal offense of obtaining benefit through coercion.

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Examples for "extortion"

Violence, extortion, and intimidation continued throughout the year. The issue divides Nepal. 
 Reuters 

Yet extortion often costs him as much as or more than taxes. 
 Reuters 

Five months later, police arrested two KPK commissioners for extortion and bribery. 
 Reuters 

Later he handled a company facing extortion by the same insurgent group. 
 Reuters 

I'm truly impressed by your legal knowledge, but extortion is a crime. 
 The frailty of flesh 

He certainly has the players required to feature in the final shakedown. 
 The Irish Times 

Her featherbed was twice as wide and lofty as my straw-and-rag-filled shakedown. 
 Caleb's crossing 

I wrapped up Solace and drew her to me on the shakedown. 
 Caleb's crossing 

Would have been stupid to do until their shakedown run was over. 
 Abaddon's Gate 

They gave me a shakedown for the night in the cargo. 
 Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel 

Nor is the tithe any longer the only exaction demanded by the Prophet. 
 Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Pr... 

The reputed exaction of his executive chamber was a sore spot to him. 
 An Arkansas Planter 

Further application to the King put an end to this exaction.-Ed. 
 Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 

Nor was this exaction unreasonable in view of the emergency. 
 Beacon Lights of History, Volume 02: Jewish Heroes and Prophets 

Let us see in what terms Dr. Kuyper justifies the Boer policy of exaction: 
 Boer Politics 

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