as in gangster
a person who gets money from another by using force or threats
extortioners threatened to beat up the shop owner if he didn't pay the bribe
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This was the era of Prohibition, dominated by bootlegging gangsters—Chicago alone was said to be home to 1,300 gangs—and some police departments adopted increasingly brutal tactics to wring the truth out of suspects: beating and burning detainees with cigarettes, or depriving them of sleep.Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Kevin Hart’s Chicken Man is on the ground, breathing hard in fear, as Samuel L. Jackson’s badass gangster Frank Moten, known as the Black Godfather, holds a gun.Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
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As young George traverses the city, the viewer glimpses many things that actually happened, including the catastrophic flooding of a Tube station being used as a shelter and the destruction of nightclub Café de Paris, later looted by a crew of thugs led by Stephen Graham’s Albert.Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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But just as ruthless gang leader Mason (Mekhi Phifer) and his thugs arrive to tie up their loose ends, Shaw rescues her.Courtney Howard, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
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Oh yeah, this relationship with this 38-year-old racketeer is so beautiful.Michael Cuby, Them, 1 Aug. 2024
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While President Herbert Hoover had waged a war against kidnappers and racketeers, Roosevelt amplified the effort dramatically, pushed it in new directions, and overcame the jurisdictional, racial, partisan, and class divisions that had previously obstructed the law-and-order state.Anthony Gregory / Made by History, TIME, 23 July 2024
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“Extortioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extortioner. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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