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Definition of Extortioners
1. extortioner [n] - See also: extortioner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extortioners
Literary usage of Extortioners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1904)
"... of the war and acknowledged the necessity of the issue of Treasury notes the
blame for this state of things was laid upon speculators and extortioners. ..."
2. The Reign of Grace, from Its Rise to Its Consummation by Abraham Booth (1793)
"... and, it is highly probable, was not the leaft among the extortioners. Among his
neighbours, his employment was ..."
3. Notes on the Gospels, critical and explanatory by Melancthon Williams Jacobus (1863)
"Either-'stood thank thee that I am not 6 as other men are, extortioners, unjust,
... 4Ï extortioners. These violated the eighth commandment, taking from men ..."
4. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1921)
"... say upon his corporal oath that he was, during that probation, too much pampered
or indulged, I will consider whether these men may not be extortioners. ..."
5. England in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth ...: A Dialogue Between by Thomas Starkey, William Forrest (1878)
"... as extortioners and violent oppressors, through whose covetousness villages
decayed and fell down,* and thousands of poor were driven to beg. ..."
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