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Extortion 1100 Words You Need Week 9 Day 1

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Extortion 1100 Words You Need

Extortion 1100 Words You Need

/ɪkˈstɔː.ʃən/ (noun)

obtaining something especially money under duress and illegally, coercion, pressure, blackmail, threats, menace, squeezing, exaction, force, shakedown, duress, intimidation:

The escaped convict is accused of brutal extortion and violent rape.

Adj: extortionary

Noun: extortioner, extortionist

Verb: extort

French: extorsion

Farsi: باج خواهی، تهدید


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