extort
Example Sentences
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There in Africa, smugglers link up with al Qaeda-affiliated groups that escort the cargoes north and extort payments from the overland convoys, said current and former rebel leaders in northern Mali.
He said city police could not legally take migrants to the immigration detention center and that he did not know of migrants’ complaints that police often took their possessions and extorted them.
From Seattle Times
These calls can be made to harass or retaliate, but also to extort money from victims.
From Washington Times
He admitted, among other things, that he extorted at least $1.5 million in bribes, not long after it came out that he had been gambling in Las Vegas with a billionaire developer.
From Los Angeles Times
In recent weeks Tacopina been making the former president’s case on TV news shows, questioning Bragg’s investigation and motives, challenging Cohen’s credibility as a star witness and suggesting Trump was extorted.
From Seattle Times
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