Many influencers and YouTubers often release a range of cosmetics at extortionate prices.
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Extortionate
//ɛkˈstɔːʃənət//
Synonyms for "extortionate" (86 found)
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6 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- kohtuuton adj (greatly exceeding what is moderate or reasonable — see also exorbitant)
- rahanhimoinen adj (of, related to, or typifying extortion)
Icelandic
1 entries- óhóflegur adj (greatly exceeding what is moderate or reasonable — see also exorbitant)
Polish
2 entries- wygórowany adj (greatly exceeding what is moderate or reasonable — see also exorbitant)
- wymuszeniowy adj (of, related to, or typifying extortion)
Spanish
1 entries- extorsivo adj (of, related to, or typifying extortion)
Sample sentences
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Now it is certain the Roman prieſts are not only ſeemingly very religious and really very extortionate, but are extortionate by means of religion, and make their prayers and maſſes the grand pretence for their exactions.
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It is said the daily increase in opium is owing to the negligence of officers in enforcing the interdicts? The laws and enactments are the means which extortionate underlings and worthless vagrants employ to benefit themselves; and the more complete the laws are, the greater and more numerous are the bribes paid to the extortionate underlings, and the more subtle are the schemes of such worthless vagrants.
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English travellers who have visited Jerash may remember a handsome but extortionate and insolent Arab sheikh at Sûf, who demanded, and always with success, an extortionate sum as blackmail, for which he gave them an escort and protection during their visit to the ruins.
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