extortioner

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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 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

"I wish I'd got my boots blacked down to the museum," said the victim, in a tone of disappointment, producing twenty-five cents, which was eagerly appropriated by the young extortioner.

From Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves by Alger, Horatio

You dare treat Henry Alison as if he were an extortioner, whose word and honor were to be sold for dollars!

From A Hero of the Pen by Werner, E.

Wherever he could get his hands on a speculator or extortioner, he shook him up.

From Stories Of Georgia by Harris, Joel Chandler