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Recent Examples of extort
He’s accused of extorting and defrauding a 72-year-old Newton woman out of more than $480,000.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Several public schools reported days ago that they were being extorted by criminals, prompting them to propose virtual classes, according to state television station TV Perú.
—Michael Rios, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
In total, Charles Bryant II and Craig Bethel extorted $14,620 from 15 businesses, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said during a press briefing Wednesday afternoon.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Ignoring American attempts to force Ukraine into an unfavorable peace and extort it for its mineral wealth, Ukraine struck the Russian oil industry again on Sunday night or early Monday morning.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Several public schools reported days ago that they were being extorted by criminals, prompting them to propose virtual classes, according to state television station TV Perú.
—Michael Rios, CNN, 18 Mar. 2025
In total, Charles Bryant II and Craig Bethel extorted $14,620 from 15 businesses, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said during a press briefing Wednesday afternoon.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Ignoring American attempts to force Ukraine into an unfavorable peace and extort it for its mineral wealth, Ukraine struck the Russian oil industry again on Sunday night or early Monday morning.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extort
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The settlement also adds that Google will not interfere with, restrain or coerce workers in the exercise of their rights.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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If a sitting or former president can successfully coerce law firms into submission by threatening financial ruin, what happens to the idea of legal independence?—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Carving her own musical lane in an industry so determined to squeeze her into a box has been a challenge, but PinkPantheress isn’t one to let outside voices get to her.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The New York Times: In pressing forward with its assault on Gaza, Israel hopes to squeeze Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
4 Apr. 2025
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Brazilian pundits have wrung their hands about the lack of connection between the national team and the public for years, maybe even decades.—
Jack Lang,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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The tension between the desire to make something outside the self and the inability to fulfill that desire coils inside them, wringing out their psyches.—
Audrey Wollen,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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This mystically exacting wordplay is spell-binding—fitting for a record that steeps its themes of desperation and addiction in a heady brew of alchemy and witchcraft.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2025
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Did not exact revenge beyond what justice required.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Because tariffs are, effectively, a tax on U.S. businesses that rely on foreign goods to operate, the argument goes, the President cannot wrest this power from Congress.—
Cristian Farias,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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He’s tried to wrest the power of the purse from Congress, targeted political opponents for speech, had people flown to a foreign prison without trial, ignored court orders and generally taken it upon himself to test the limits of our constitutional order.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Extort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extort. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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