Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Practising extortion; containing extortion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Extortionate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, relating to, or typical of
extortion - adjective
extortionate
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Examples
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Even with the cross-subsidy of advertising for this promising pilot project, Google's high hopes may be wrecked again by the same kind of extortionary demands that have long faced cable operators (and, more recently, fiber competitors) when dealing with local governments.
Technology Liberation Front Berin Szoka 2010
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The 'backish' or extortionary system actually works quite well, better than the American regulatory system.
Costs of Entrepreneurship, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Yet not a word of remonstration form the President nor his Energy Secretary Steven Chu holding OPEC's production restraints accountable for today's extortionary high oil prices.
Raymond J. Learsy: When It Comes to Gas Prices Donald Trump Trumps the Field Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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Most of us were mugged by the reality of hyperinflation and extortionary interest rates as we tried to get a home and raise a family.
Half of the country wants out of Social Security. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Yet not a word of remonstration form the President nor his Energy Secretary Steven Chu holding OPEC's production restraints accountable for today's extortionary high oil prices.
Raymond J. Learsy: When It Comes to Gas Prices Donald Trump Trumps the Field Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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What is the solution to the problem of government officials using business licensing procedures for extortionary purposes?
Costs of Entrepreneurship, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Until it gets figured out, my fellow citizens, tighten your belts and batten down your wallets because we're just going to be paying more and more and more for reasons that are out of our control and built upon greed, waste, mismanagement, fraud, and extortionary billing practices.
Lorraine Devon Wilke: New Hire Mr. Potter Brings Blue Shield Into the New Year Lorraine Devon Wilke 2012
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Yet not a word of remonstration form the President nor his Energy Secretary Steven Chu holding OPEC's production restraints accountable for today's extortionary high oil prices.
Raymond J. Learsy: When It Comes to Gas Prices Donald Trump Trumps the Field Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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Until it gets figured out, my fellow citizens, tighten your belts and batten down your wallets because we're just going to be paying more and more and more for reasons that are out of our control and built upon greed, waste, mismanagement, fraud, and extortionary billing practices.
Lorraine Devon Wilke: New Hire Mr. Potter Brings Blue Shield Into the New Year Lorraine Devon Wilke 2012
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Yet not a word of remonstration form the President nor his Energy Secretary Steven Chu holding OPEC's production restraints accountable for today's extortionary high oil prices.
Raymond J. Learsy: When It Comes to Gas Prices Donald Trump Trumps the Field Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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