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Definition of Extortion

1. Noun. An exorbitant charge.

2. Noun. Unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority). "The extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"

3. Noun. The felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence).

Definition of Extortion

1. n. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.

Definition of Extortion

1. Noun. the practice of extorting money or other property, especially by a public official, by the use of threats ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Extortion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extortion

extollers extolling extollingly extolls extolment extolments extols extorsion extorsions extorsive

extort extorted extorter extorters extorting extortion (current term) extortionary extortionate extortionately extortioner

extortioners extortionist extortionists extortions extortious extortive extortor extorts extra extra-

Literary usage of Extortion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1877)
"894, 396. The Act must be within a Legal Prohibition. 396-400. Must be corruptly done. 401402. The Thing obtained by extortion. ..."

2. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"extortion is another offence against public jus- Art. 11. tice, and is indictable ... But it is no extortion for an officer to take fees for serving an 3301 ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"Lastly, extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in an officer's ... but a mere agreement to pay will not sustain a charge of extortion. ..."

4. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1858)
"332-834. Must be corruptly done. • 336. The Thing obtained by extortion. ... The offence of extortion embraces four things: 1 For matter under this title, ..."

5. Leading Cases Simplified: A Collection of the Leading Cases in Criminal Law by John Davison Lawson (1892)
"The jailor was afterwards indicted and convicted of extortion. "There is certainly no right in a prison- keeper," said Parker, CJ, " to demand a fee for ..."

6. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With a Second Volume by Henry Greening, Joseph Chitty, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1876)
"extortion. Ою. — See forms of declarations against the sheriff for extortion and law, ... The remedy against a sheriff for extortion under the stat. ..."

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