Extortionist

noun

noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who extorts; an extortioner.
  2. 2
    a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them wordnet

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"Time and again, there are criminals like the Department Store Extortionist that enjoy great public sympathy as Robin-Hood-like figures."

Etymology

From extortion + -ist.

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