Tom was the victim of an extortion attempt.
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Extortion
/ɪkˈstɔːʃən/
Synonyms for "extortion" (84 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Noun(3 words)
armed robberyasportationassault and robberybadger gamebanditrybank robberyblackmailbloodsuckingcallcall forcattle liftingcattle stealingclaim
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (25)
contributiondemanddemand fordraftdraindraughtdraughtsmandraughtydutyexactionexploitationextortionate demandgraftheavy demandheisthighway robberyhijackingholdupimpositionimpost
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indentinsistent demand
Related words (42)
levyloan sharkingloan-sharkingmuggingnonnegotiable demandnoticeorderoverassessmentoverchargepocket pickingprotectionprotection racketpurse snatchingrendingrequirementrequisitionrippingrobberyrobbingrush
Noun(2 words)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
6 entriescorporate extortioneconomic extortionextortion racketgovernment extortionpolitical extortionprotection racket
Collocations
5 entriesextortion caseextortion paymentsextortion ringextortion schemeextortionate demand
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Forensic linguists, recognizing that no two people use language in exactly the same way, will examine the idiolect of an extortion letter to determine authorship.
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This is extortion.
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I consider that extortion.
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