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

Bessas was as great an extortioner as Konstantinos.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

The man, to his astonishment, said, "Well, there is your money;" and not having the face to play the extortioner further, Alischar pursed the gold, and returned homewards.

From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by Valentine, L. (Laura)

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