extortioner

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

If the mamálacha be received, the case is hopeless; and indeed the custom of the country requires that the extortioner should be never met with a negative.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the stranger spoil his labor.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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