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
"Then will I trouble the most perfect of innkeepers no longer," replied Nicholas, believing the man to be an extortioner.
From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by William Dalton
Why is a retired actor like an extortioner?
From The Handbook of Conundrums by Edith B. Ordway
Whoever was not a klepht was the victim of some official extortioner.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
