Crossword-Solution: EXTORTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Extortion | n. | The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge. |
| Extortion | n. | The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due. |
| Extortion | n. | That which is extorted or exacted by force. |
We have 36 clues for the answer “EXTORTION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Obtaining money by intimidation | 1 answer |
| Getting money by using threats | 1 answer |
| ANGARY | 2 answers |
| chantage | 2 answers |
| PUT the black on | 3 answers |
| misapplication | 9 answers |
| free loading | 9 answers |
| BLACKMAILING | 10 answers |
| leechlike | 11 answers |
| bloodsucking | 11 answers |
| parasitical | 11 answers |
| scrounging | 11 answers |
| sponging | 12 answers |
| Parasitic | 12 answers |
| expropriation | 15 answers |
| Scaring | 16 answers |
| browbeating | 18 answers |
| dueness | 25 answers |
| Rapacity | 27 answers |
| Greed | 29 answers |
| Bullying | 31 answers |
| ACQUIRING dishonestly | 47 answers |
| Shell game? | 53 answers |
| CONFIDENCE game | 54 answers |
| misdemeanour | 56 answers |
| intimidation | 59 answers |
| Nepotism | 63 answers |
| Hunger | 66 answers |
| persuasion | 67 answers |
| Trespass | 67 answers |
| exaction | 69 answers |
| Defilement | 71 answers |
| blackmail | 73 answers |
| Offence | 73 answers |
| Crime __ | 75 answers |
| Wrong | 110 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with EXTORTION (5)
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but within, they are full of extortion and excess.—Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
But here is a point: we pay that tax knowing it to be unjust and an extortion; yet we go away with a pain at the heart if we think we have been stingy with the poor fellows; and we heartily wish we were back again, so that we could do the right thing, and _more_ than the right thing, the _generous_ thing.
Not only the laws regarding computer privacy, but legal experts say that cases can be made for Conspiracy, Sedition, Blackmail, Terrorism and Extortion.
The negro's necessities have developed an offensive race, called merchants by courtesy, who keep supply stores at the cross-roads and steamboat landings, and live upon extortion.
Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
Quotes with EXTORTION (3)
None of us has an obligation to accept the definitions of ‘respect’ and ‘gratitude’ our parents espoused, especially when those definitions can be used to guilt-trip us, or when they are being used for the purpose of forcing us to do certain things (as an extortion mechanism).
Still another danger is represented by those who, paying lip service to democracy and the common welfare, in their insatiable greed for money and the power which money gives, do not hesitate surreptitiously to evade the laws designed to safeguard the public from monopolistic extortion. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the…
Power's not a chalice. It's a hammer. And it only does one thing. Power smashes. The subtext of all power is extortion. It's always the threat of force, of imprisonment, the threat of death. Always.