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extort
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Authorities said he used the images to shame girls and extort high school victims by threatening to post more compromising content if they did not send more photos.
In Guerrero, a series of brazen violent acts emphasized the chaotic nature of the state’s criminal topography, where a dense network of gangs compete for the right to sell drugs and extort money from business owners.
But before Mackris could go any further, O’Reilly hit her with a lawsuit, alleging that she and her lawyer were trying to extort him out of $60 million in hush money.
The criminal groups extort migrants who cross the southern state on their way north to Mexico's border with the United States.
County Sheriff’s employees helped a woman in China extort her former business partner for $100 million in disputed shares.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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