Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by extortion.
- adjective Exorbitant; immoderate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by extortion; oppressive; excessive: as, an extortionate price.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, related to or typifying
extortion - adjective greatly
exceeding what isreasonable ormoderate ;exorbitant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
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Examples
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Ms Stern was forced out after she voiced strong internal objections to the volte-face and the deal, calling it "extortionate", "outrageous" and "against the public interest".
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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It accuses him of charging "extortionate" prices for his multivitamin tablets.
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Generally, do conductors and big-name singers really need to be paid the kind of extortionate fees that they demand orchestral musicians suffer freezes on their already low pay because of these greedy windbags.
Archive 2005-01-01 Jessica 2005
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Generally, do conductors and big-name singers really need to be paid the kind of extortionate fees that they demand orchestral musicians suffer freezes on their already low pay because of these greedy windbags.
Wagner in Australia Jessica 2005
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To return to the subject, the price at which the house of Murray issued the "Letters of Queen Victoria" was not "extortionate," having regard to the astounding expenses of publication.
Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 Arnold Bennett 1899
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Germany to Christmas via Paris, were forced to pay for an "extortionate" hotel after they were turned away from the station.
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Britons also complain of the city's "extortionate" food and drink prices, appalling driving and excessive dog excrement on the streets, the research shows.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The AA has criticised the 'extortionate' charge, yesterday calling Citywatch Parking
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Travellers cite 'extortionate' demands from resorts after Conquest collapse
Toronto Sun 2009
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After being faced with the "extortionate" demand, Lee and others at his resort called the Canadian consulate and department of foreign affairs emergency line, only to be told to pay up
Toronto Sun 2009
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