extortionist
noun
a person who engages in extortion.
extortioner
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a variation of
extortionist.
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a word derived from
extortion.
Example Sentences
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The Indians and the poor appealed to the church, and Mexico's archbishop put the extortioner under a ban of excommunication.
From Time Magazine Archive
In an "emergency" broadcast, Wagner charged that "one of the most important men in the U.S." had attempted to spring Joey Fay, a notorious labor extortioner, from Sing Sing Prison.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the mamálacha be received, the case is hopeless; and indeed the custom of the country requires that the extortioner should be never met with a negative.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
The people manifested their contempt of so despicable an extortioner and flatterer of royalty, not only by words, but by caricatures.
He is a thorough type of an easy-going scoundrel, extortioner, and spendthrift.
From Judith Trachtenberg A Novel by Karl Emil Franzos
