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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charge too much |
| Synonyms: | cheat, clip, embellish, extortion, fleece, gyp, nick, pad, soak, stick |
| Main Entry: | exaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand |
| Synonyms: | call, charge, claim, contribution, extortion, fee, levy, payment, request, requirement, requisition, toll |
| Main Entry: | villainousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | corruption |
| Synonyms: | bestiality, breach of trust, bribery, bribing, crime, crookedness, demoralization, depravity, exploitation, extortion, fiddling, flagitiousness, fraud*, fraudulency, graft, immorality, jobbery, malfeasance, misrepresentation, nepotism, on the take, payoff, payola, perversion, profiteering, racket, shadiness, shady deal, shuffle, skimming, squeeze*, turpitude, unscrupulousness, venality, vice, villainy, wickedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | theft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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