extortioner
Example Sentences
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In an "emergency" broadcast, Wagner charged that "one of the most important men in the U.S." had attempted to spring Joey Fay, a notorious labor extortioner, from Sing Sing Prison.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Indians and the poor appealed to the church, and Mexico's archbishop put the extortioner under a ban of excommunication.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his action we find no Christianity—no benevolence; nothing but the spirit of the extortioner is here manifested.
From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex St. Clair Abrams
A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The people manifested their contempt of so despicable an extortioner and flatterer of royalty, not only by words, but by caricatures.
