Synonyms for extortion
ɪkˈstɔr ʃənex·tor·tion

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1. extortionnoun

   Synonyms:
   blackmailing

2. extortionnoun

   the practice of extorting money or other property, especially by a public official, by the use of threats

   Synonyms:
   blackmailing

Princeton's WordNet

1. extortionnoun

   an exorbitant charge

2. extortionnoun

   unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)

   "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"

3. extortionnoun

   the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)

Matched Categories

1. • Exaction
   • Felony
   • Overcharge

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1. extortionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exaction, illegal compulsion

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1. extortionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exaction (undue), overcharge, rapacity, vampirism

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1. List of paraphrases for "extortion":

   blackmail, racketeering, racket

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How to use extortion in a sentence?

1. Derrick Rose:

   This is not a rape case, it’s pure and simple extortion by a plaintiff who does not want anyone to be deposed because every lay witness in the case will shred plaintiff’s story.

2. Joe Tacopina:

   Let’s assume he did, for this argument, this was a plain extortion. I don’t know when we started prosecuting extortion victims. He has vehemently denied this affair. But he had to pay money because there was going to be an allegation that was going to be publicly embarrassing to him, regardless of the campaign.

3. Samir Hanef:

   My car was held as extortion.

4. Timothy Hutton:

   For the past two-and-a-half years, I have been the target of multiple extortion attempts by a woman named Sera Dale Johnston to extract millions of dollars from me. She threatened that if I did not meet her demands, she would go to the press with a false allegation that I sexually assaulted her 37 years ago in Canada. I never assaulted Ms. Johnston.

5. Stephen Alford:

   What is happening is an extortion of me and my family.