extortionist
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In an industry dependent on private money, the line between investor and extortionist could be perilously thin.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Nike, in court documents, portrays him as an extortionist who seized on the lapsed trademark for money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Costero himself became a target, facing legal threats and a doxing campaign that revealed his personal information, branded him an electronic extortionist, and painted Wikipedia’s volunteer editors as enemies of the people.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
Today, they still pay extortionist fees to transport the bodies of loved ones back to Wadi al Salam, a holy cemetery for Shiite Muslims in Najaf, Iraq.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
They looked upon the imprisoned king with more favor than on Chalginna, who to feed his extravagances, became an extortionist and was fast making beggars of even his most loyal subjects.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Mathew Joseph Holt
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