extort
Example Sentences
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A New York woman admitted to defrauding Wesley Edens, a co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, resolving allegations that she had extorted the billionaire and swindled two other men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The court found that the girl’s mother extorted thousands of dollars from Franco.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
"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
A single lucky capture and extorted confession would put the sleuth-hounds on the track of hundreds who deemed themselves secure, and each new victim added his circle of denunciations.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
