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Another word for extortion

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Noun
      1. Extortion of money, as by blackmail.
      2. A thorough search of a place or person.
      3. A test or period of appraisal followed by adjustments to improve efficiency or functioning.
      1. The act or practice of coercing.
      2. Power or ability to coerce.
      1. Extortion of money or something else of value from a person by the threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information.
      2. Something of value, especially money, extorted in this manner:
      3. Tribute formerly paid to freebooters along the Scottish border for protection from pillage.
      1. The act of exacting.
      2. Excessive or unjust demand; extortion.
      3. Something exacted.
    See also:

    theft

    corruption

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Sentence Examples

  • Having been convicted of extortion, he committed suicide (Cicero, De Legibus, i.

  • With the accession of Ismail (q.v.) there followed a period of wild extravagance and reckless borrowing accompanied by the extortion of every piastre possible from the fellahin.

  • On his return to Rome (S4) he was accused of extortion in his province.

  • But these concessions are unfavourably interpreted and much extortion results.

  • Provincial governors were kept under strict supervision; extortion was practically unheard of; the jus Latii was bestowed upon several communities; special officials were instituted for the control of the finances; and the emperor's interest in provincial affairs was shown by his personal assumption of various municipal offices.

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