extortioner
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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
Cleve was very near giving this unconscionable old extortioner a bit of his mind, and ordering him out of the house on the instant.
From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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
"I wish I'd got my boots blacked down to the museum," said the victim, in a tone of disappointment, producing twenty-five cents, which was eagerly appropriated by the young extortioner.
From Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves by Alger, Horatio
