extortionate

Natasha Kurzeja from London says the cost of formula is "extortionate".

America’s privileged elites have set a terrible precedent, and in so doing, have merely encouraged even more extortionate threats.

Billionaires will no doubt whine that such a tax is unfair and extortionate; it could reduce some billionaires’ wealth, for example, from $10 billion all the way down to $9.8 billion one year and around $9.6 billion the next.

More likely than not, it’ll be massive real estate investment trusts that will turn around and list them as vacation rentals, or lease them at extortionate rates.

Brooks is now seeking a trial by jury and a declaratory judgment against the woman, compensatory and punitive damages, and an injunction prohibiting the woman from continuing “her extortionate behavior” and “further publicizing her false allegations” against Brooks.