Words similar to extortionate

Example sentences for: extortionate

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Draper boasted that, in exchange for an extortionate fee, he could: arrange lunches at 10 Downing St. and meetings with top ministers, help the client get appointed to a government advisory board, and obtain early drafts of parliamentary reports related to the client's industry.
He was simply making extortionate exactions upon his wretched lessees.