Example Sentences

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The attack, which was announced Aug. 3, had all the hallmarks of extortive ransomware but officials would neither confirm nor deny this.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023

Recent high-profile extortive attacks led to runs on East Coast gas stations and threatened meat supplies.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2021

“That’s an extortive and extortionary relationship,” Hubbard says, “not a healthy marketplace.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2020

Trial attorneys have proven, time and again, their comfort with that type of extortive practice.

From US News • Sep. 15, 2016

The university “was understandably outraged, as it perceived the demand to be extortive in nature,” lawyers for St. John’s wrote in a court filing.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2011