extortionate
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This tournament is less about sportsmanship and athletic excellence than about pushing crappy beer and extortionate credit cards?
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
He stressed repeatedly that next season's budget will remain the same, but will be put into infrastructure rather than "extortionate" wages for "left‑backs or right midfielders" at Isthmian Premier League level.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Reverend Kathy Colwell added: "That's an extortionate amount for a drink, but then everything has gone up, hasn't it?"
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, who had called the CK Hutchison contract "extortionate," last week said the canal will continue operating "without disruption."
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
The people now demand such legal enactments as will restrict extortionate charges by railroad companies, and compel them to pay their just share of taxes for the support of the government.
From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.
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