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The email from Galda “transparently reflects an attempt to extort and solicit a bribe,” the complaint alleged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

It has been published as part of their attempt to extort money from the nursery chain, which has its 18 nurseries mostly in the London area.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

They can certainly extort a painful price from the world while trying to, and the full reckoning may be more than we can bear.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2025

Foreman denied the allegations and alleged the women were trying to extort him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

But again he didn’t comply, evidently determined to extort money and obstruct justice.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“Landmark extorts small businesses, demanding payment for webpages that are essential for running a business,” Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in a statement Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2021

“Here you have someone trying to lawfully work and support their families, and then someone turns around and extorts them,” Erzen said.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2017

The main perk of being the bid’s junior partner is that we won’t be on the hook for the full array of infrastructural follies Fifa normally extorts from the host.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2017

He believes this pressure to be friendly is caused by “unequal economic power that extorts emotional work.”

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2014

But Collins from the poetical never extorts praise, for it is given spontaneously; he is much more loved than esteemed, for he does not give little pleasure.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli

He has filed meritless lawsuits against media companies and social media platforms and extorted large monetary settlements.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

At her final campaign rallies, Fujimori declared "war" on extortionists, promising to deploy the military against organised crime, control prisons, and work with financial institutions to block extorted money.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

The relationships, Canter said, make Ernst vulnerable to being extorted if people learned of them and could give someone undue influence over her.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2025

“This detailed evidence collectively shows that Hart was involved in a negotiation over the sale of the video, not extorted, which is extremely crucial for understanding the legal and public perception of the incident.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

But when you have extorted the uttermost from us, and you turn to the poor and needy and rob them of their little, then I will not keep silence.

From The Making of a Saint by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

In 2023, he made national news after he confronted state police officers in Uruapan whom he accused of extorting from a woman and her daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

But her political career ended when her husband, Bill Collins, a dentist and businessman, was convicted in 1993 of extorting money from people who had business before the state while his wife was governor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

They were a drain on the economy, extorting money from even the lowest earners, and forcing businesses that can’t or won’t pay to close.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

This may be related to Fox’s triumph in a previous defamation suit brought by ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal, who sued the network over Carlson falsely accusing her of extorting Trump on his show.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023

“You would think,” Skarpi’s voice rolled out like thick honey, “fine churchmen such as yourselves could find better things to do than arresting storytellers and extorting money from honest men.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss