extortioner

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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 Indians and the poor appealed to the church, and Mexico's archbishop put the extortioner under a ban of excommunication.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Then will I trouble the most perfect of innkeepers no longer," replied Nicholas, believing the man to be an extortioner.

From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by Dalton, William

No! we find his actions narrowed down to the sordidness of the miser, the avariciousness of the extortioner.

From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Abrams, Alex St. Clair

The apostle Paul directed that Christians should not eat with an extortioner.

From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Griffiths, Julia