extortionist
or ex·tor·tion·er
[ik-stawr-shuh-nist]
- a person who engages in extortion.
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Origin of extortionist
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Contemporary Examples of extortionist
There have been reports of a city, often suggested to be in Brazil, having its electricity cut off by extortionist hackers.
The lawyers accused Stephens of being an “extortionist” and handed him his own criminal background report, he said.
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Historical Examples of extortionist
More often, it is the by product and end result of lobbying, political hand bending and extortionist muscle.
After the RainSam Vaknin
Driver an extortionist; but I knew the exact distance, to the tenth of a kilometre.
Nor do I think anything in her own life would give a blackmailer or an extortionist anything to go on.
Sentiment, Inc.Poul William Anderson
Word Origin and History for extortionist
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