Words similar to extortion

Example sentences for: extortion

How can you use “extortion” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The stubborn aristocracy and high clergy were anxious to protect their ancient privileges; a burgeoning bourgeoisie longed for reforms that would give them greater opportunity; the peasantry was no longer prepared to bear the burden of feudal extortion; and a growing urban populace of artisans groaned under intolerable hardships.
Then he was arrested for stalking his former mistress, Joy Silverman, and charged with extortion, interstate racketeering, and blackmail, among other crimes.
The war on tobacco offers the most telling example of this sort of extralegal extortion.
Typically, extortion means that you're threatening someone with harm or embarrassment to extract a concession.
For instance, its biggest extortion schemes in the New York area have been broken up: It no longer controls wholesale food (the City Council broke its hold on Fulton Fish Market) or Long Island's garbage-removal cartel.