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Definition of Extortioner
1. Noun. A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them.
Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw
Derivative terms: Blackmail, Blackmail, Extortion, Extortion
Definition of Extortioner
1. n. One who practices extortion.
Definition of Extortioner
1. Noun. someone who extorts; an extortionist ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extortioner
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extortioner
Literary usage of Extortioner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"Sayes he so. quoth the extortioner : Then bring me the gold, the chest, the devill
and all ; It is go-xi to be sure ! Perhaps from hence came thai by-word ..."
2. The Heroes of Methodism: Containing Sketches of Eminent Methodist Ministers by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley (1857)
"M'KENDREE AND THE extortioner; OR, THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE. "In the summer of
1806, William M'Kendree, then presiding elder of the district, was preaching ..."
3. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church. With Two by Joseph Bingham (1856)
"... that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a
railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner ; with such an one no not to eat. ..."
4. The Diary of Ralph Thoresby... (1677-1724): Now First Published from the by Ralph Thoresby (1830)
"... I am not as other men, extortioner, &c." whence he spoke well, concerning the
advantage of humility, and the plague of a proud, contemptuous spirit. 17. ..."
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