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

Why is a retired actor like an extortioner?

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

How, then, did David Arden, who hated a swindle, answer the old extortioner, who asked him, “Do you like my offer?”

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah