How to Use extort in a Sentence

extort

verb

• The criminals extorted large sums of money from their victims.
• He was arrested for extorting bribes.
• Thieves and gangs that extort businesses and kill those who don’t pay roam its cratered streets.
  — Sonia Pérez D. and Christopher Sherman, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
• At the same time unions used the pandemic to extort money from Congress.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
• And to subjugate them and extort money from them (Quran 9:29).
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• One of his lawyers has accused her of extorting money from him.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• And greed, in trying to extort a million dollars from J&J.
  — Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
• Legend has it that the place was used to extort, torture and kill those who crossed the mob, and the spirits of those unlucky victims still haunt the place today.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
• The union resists reform while using the threat of walkouts and strikes to extort higher salaries and bigger pensions.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Chicks, pups, and infants may beg, cry, or whine to extort food from their parents—but these efforts aren’t as direct as what occurs in utero.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
• One girl told police Nance raped her and tried to extort her for nude photographs, according to the affidavit.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 12 July 2022
• The man charged with attempting to extort state Sen. Lauren Book was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in prison and followed by 10 years of probation.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2022
• Jones says the woman is attempting to extort him, a claim her attorneys deny.
  — Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2022
• The fake images were used to extort at least one victim on Instagram for real nude images or money, said the parent of one of the victims.
  — Emmanuelle Saliba, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• Documents from the 1940s show that police in the state of Sinaloa, for instance, were extorting money from opium growers, Smith said.
  — Amanda Taub, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• Online scams are constantly evolving, which means there are plenty of ways scammers may try to extort you.
  — Wired, 7 July 2022
• Some reporters have had enough, even going so far as to imply their readiness to extort attention and respect from him.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 24 May 2023
• In July, the collective used a ransomware attack to extort $11 million from JBS, the world’s largest meat processor.
  — Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• The Olympic Games will give the Chinese regime a golden opportunity to extort our nation through hostage-taking.
  — Tom Cotton, National Review, 5 Feb. 2022
• In South Sudan, soldiers and rebels extort millions of dollars annually along key routes used for trade and aid.
  — Peer Schouten, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2022
• The victims are persuaded to share a naked photo or explicit video of themselves that is then used to extort them for money or more images.
  — Stephanie Warsmith, USA Today, 9 May 2023
• Someone hacked into a Sheldon woman’s Facebook account, tried to extort money from her and threatened to kill her and her son.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2022
• But while some ransomware groups have cut back on attacks, others have continued to try to extort US businesses.
  — Sean Lyngaas, CNN, 13 Feb. 2022
• Jackson allegedly made threats to harm others in an attempt to extort money.
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• Authorities added that Ramirez-Reyes would threaten to harm others in an attempt to extort the money.
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• Almost 2 million people try to cross the Southern border every year and tens of thousands are kidnapped, abused, and extorted by drug cartels along the route north.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
• At the time, Hart was also extorted about cheating with model Montia Sabbag.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2023
• In 2017, Hart issued an apology for cheating on his wife with a woman who also allegedly tried to extort him.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
• In some circumstances, educators hit with ransomware are proud to not pay the criminals who extort them.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2022
• In a statement, Benjamin Brafman, a lawyer for Combs, denied the allegations and said his client is being extorted.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024