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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.

From Slate

The criminal groups extort migrants who cross the southern state on their way north to Mexico's border with the United States.

From BBC

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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