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extortionately

American  
[ik-stawr-shuh-nit-lee] / ɪkˈstɔr ʃə nɪt li /

adverb

  1. in a way, at a price, or to a degree that is extortionate.


Example Sentences

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"If you make every ticket extortionately expensive, then it's so out of order on most of your fan base," he says.

From BBC

They argue the Rwanda plan is an "extortionately expensive gimmick" - but will face questions about whether their ideas would be any better, particularly if and when flights do begin.

From BBC

Sometimes I wished we could just bite the bullet and pay for that Office subscription or that niche, extortionately priced graphing tool that my brother wanted but we could reasonably never afford.

From The Verge

"Patients are being stuck for extortionately long periods in emergency departments," he said.

From BBC

"If they do come up, are extortionately expensive. There'll be two, three hundred going for the same properties - that's for private rentals."

From BBC