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Meanings of
extortion
in inglés
ruso
вымогательство
portugués
extorsão
catalán
extorsió
español
extorsión
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Criminal offense of obtaining benefit through coercion.
shakedown
exaction
outwresting
español
extorsión
Usage of
extortion
in inglés
1
Violence,
extortion
,
and intimidation continued throughout the year. The issue divides Nepal.
2
Yet
extortion
often costs him as much as or more than taxes.
3
Five months later, police arrested two KPK commissioners for
extortion
and bribery.
4
Later he handled a company facing
extortion
by the same insurgent group.
5
I'm truly impressed by your legal knowledge, but
extortion
is a crime.
6
But they still hold scores more hostages for political leverage and
extortion
.
7
The fraud count and one
extortion
count carry maximum 20-year prison terms.
8
The Republican platform permits
extortion
;
but tariff
extortion
is robbery by law.
9
Others say the motive could be as simple as robbery or
extortion
.
10
Vespasian's father was a tax collector; he has
extortion
in the blood.'
11
He is also charged racketeering and
extortion
for other alleged criminal activity.
12
And, as a rule, masters and mistresses give in to the
extortion
.
13
Needless to relate the details either of the confession or its
extortion
.
14
What they're effecting is a kind of
extortion
of river merchants, really.
15
What dogged him though was the flurry of blackmail and
extortion
claims.
16
I mean to stand this siege of
extortion
to the last gasp.
Other examples for "extortion"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
extortion
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
attempt extortion
allege extortion
charge with extortion
include extortion
accuse of extortion
More collocations
Translations for
extortion
ruso
вымогательство
portugués
extorsão
catalán
extorsió
español
extorsión
extorsion
Extortion
through the time
Extortion
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common