extortioner
Example Sentences
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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
In his action we find no Christianity—no benevolence; nothing but the spirit of the extortioner is here manifested.
From The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Abrams, Alex St. Clair
If, on the other hand, the bondholder can legally demand only the kind of money he paid, he is a repudiator and an extortioner to demand money more valuable than he gave.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
He is a thorough type of an easy-going scoundrel, extortioner, and spendthrift.
From Judith Trachtenberg A Novel by Franzos, Karl Emil
