extort
Example Sentences
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"It is the regulator who will be the fans' best hope for producing a system whereby they are not extorted," Fynn said.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
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
Baker said a “critical question” a jury would have to decide was whether Evling had extorted the money or had simply received and kept it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
It often seemed to me that the very money extorted from me did not improve their position but only made it worse.
From What Shall We Do? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
