extortionate
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New York lawmakers mulled a bill Wednesday to regulate pedicabs, which swarm touristy areas like Times Square and Central Park and have drawn criticism for overcrowding, excessive noise and extortionate pricing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Susan Parkes said the price of diesel had become "extortionate"
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Those who would benefit the most would be those already on the hook for extortionate interest rates on existing credit cards, some of which rise as high as 30% a year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
I have no idea what children will make of a movie with as many semi-serious gags about extortionate legal bills as silly ones where a spider mugs a bug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Louis XI. commonly called Maître Cornélius by the old name of torçonnier, which, in the reign of Saint-Louis, had meant an usurer, a tax-collector, a man who squeezed money out of folks by extortionate means.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Honor? de Balzac
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