extortionate

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In some places, it is cheaper to pay a fine than use an NCP car park, with some people opting deliberately to risk a fine rather than fork out for the "extortionate" charge.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, who had called the CK Hutchison contract "extortionate," last week said the canal will continue operating "without disruption."

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Infantino's comments were his first public remarks since the ticketing furore erupted earlier this month, with fan groups branding ticket prices as "extortionate" and "astronomical".

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Bonnie told him she’d said something about the extortionate cost of film rent: “I thought, ‘Oh, Bonnie!’”

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Thus, for example, when theologians pronounced loans at interest contrary to the law of nature and plainly extortionate, this error obviously arose from a false notion of the uses of money.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole