as in cheating
the exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services six dollars for a cup of coffee is just plain extortion

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Recent Examples of extortion Baldoni filed a countersuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and others for defamation and extortion. Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025 Murat was held in the Broward Main Jail as of Wednesday, facing one count of extortion and one count of solicitation of a child using a computer or device. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2025 In his countersuit, Baldoni accused Lively, Reynolds and others of extortion and defamation. Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 6 June 2025 Jury sees alleged paper trail of 2011 extortion payment Following Garcia's testimony about accepting a $100,000 payment from Combs, prosecutors called Combs' longtime employee Derek Ferguson to drill down into the financial structure of Combs' business empire. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for extortion
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highway robbery
Noun
  • Hospitals have gotten away with this sort of highway robbery for years, thanks to a combination of consolidation and misleading arguments.
    Craig M. Wax, Boston Herald, 13 June 2025
  • To me, one meant highway robbery and the other meant equal pain, equal pleasure.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Extortion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extortion. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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