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Recent Examples of extort
The charges stem from van der Sloot's attempt to extort $250,000 from Beth in 2010 in exchange for leading the family to Natalee's remains.
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Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
Davis has countersued for $20 million, alleging Rossel fabricated the claims and attempted to extort him.
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Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
28 May 2026
Dixie subsequently prevented Don from seeing Blue for much of his life, using his existence to threaten and extort Don.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
White moved to Las Vegas in 1995 because, in his telling, associates of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger were attempting to extort him.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
Davis has countersued for $20 million, alleging Rossel fabricated the claims and attempted to extort him.
—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
28 May 2026
Dixie subsequently prevented Don from seeing Blue for much of his life, using his existence to threaten and extort Don.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
White moved to Las Vegas in 1995 because, in his telling, associates of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger were attempting to extort him.
—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extort
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Weger later insisted he had been coerced into making the confession.
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The decentralized group, created by 15-year-old Bradley Chance Cadenhead in Stephenville, targets children through social media, gaming platforms and messaging apps to coerce them into self-harm and sharing explicit content.
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Ecuador beat Germany 2-1 in its final group-play match to squeeze into the knockout stages for just the second time, advancing as a third-place team.
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There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
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Until the last drop congeals and the last pearl is wrung out.
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The washable or disposable pads are also far less time-consuming than repeatedly wringing out cumbersome mop heads.
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The inspectors tested hundreds of exacting standards, with an emphasis on exceptional service, which accounts for 70% of a property’s rating.
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Back in his coaching career, Cruyff was one of the first managers to be obsessed with the cut of the pitch — a trait that has passed over to his disciples, most notably the exacting Pep Guardiola.
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In his first bout at 170 pounds, Makhachev cruised to a decision win over Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 322 in November 2025, easily wresting the UFC welterweight crown from Della Maddalena.
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But any correspondence between string theory and experiment is gratifying to Vafa, who has spent the past four decades trying to wrest the theory from the purely conceptual realm to the point of generating testable predictions.
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“Extort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extort. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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