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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

The people manifested their contempt of so despicable an extortioner and flatterer of royalty, not only by words, but by caricatures.

From Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California by Mayer, Brantz

If the mamálacha be received, the case is hopeless; and indeed the custom of the country requires that the extortioner should be never met with a negative.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

Mr. Mayor," said the wily extortioner, "I acted very hastily yesterday when I accepted your second proposition.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William