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He has effectively extorted $1 billion in free legal services from law firms based on baseless legal claims and tens of millions of dollars from media companies based on wholly meritless lawsuits.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

The relationships, Canter said, make Ernst vulnerable to being extorted if people learned of them and could give someone undue influence over her.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

“This detailed evidence collectively shows that Hart was involved in a negotiation over the sale of the video, not extorted, which is extremely crucial for understanding the legal and public perception of the incident.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

Save for a period in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when right-wing paramilitaries invaded the llanos and extorted landowners like him, Mr. Rey’s memories here were good ones.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

The number of the condemned was four thousand four hundred and ten, and the sum extorted from them was, nominally, nearly four hundred millions, of which, however, less than one hundred millions reached the treasury.

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James