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Recent Examples of extorted
According to the indictment, the two defendants engaged in a racketeering conspiracy, committed multiple murders, engaged in drug distribution and extorted victims.
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Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
An Orange County Civil Court wants Thompson to fill out an information sheet about his personal finances after last December’s $60,150 judgment in a lawsuit filed by Scott Meyer, who was extorted by Thompson’s Moving Giants.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
The organization claims truckers are commonly extorted by police at the stops.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025
By the following year, the FBI had recovered millions of dollars extorted from Colonial Pipeline by Darkside.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
This man just could not stop getting extorted, which is not ideal for anyone but is especially unpleasant for the head of MI5.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors allege he and co-defendant Gelardo extorted an individual to collect gambling debts between November 2022 and February 2023.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Federal prosecutors who allege that Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins extorted a Boston cannabis company are requesting the court to consider whether the defense counsel’s representation poses a conflict of interest in the case.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Freedom of Speech is far more American than a hundred-thousand-dollar-per-plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago or trips to Epstein Island or bullying a network into cancelling Steven Colbert or bragging about having extorted $16 million from a movie studio.
—Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
An Orange County Civil Court wants Thompson to fill out an information sheet about his personal finances after last December’s $60,150 judgment in a lawsuit filed by Scott Meyer, who was extorted by Thompson’s Moving Giants.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
The organization claims truckers are commonly extorted by police at the stops.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025
By the following year, the FBI had recovered millions of dollars extorted from Colonial Pipeline by Darkside.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
This man just could not stop getting extorted, which is not ideal for anyone but is especially unpleasant for the head of MI5.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors allege he and co-defendant Gelardo extorted an individual to collect gambling debts between November 2022 and February 2023.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Federal prosecutors who allege that Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins extorted a Boston cannabis company are requesting the court to consider whether the defense counsel’s representation poses a conflict of interest in the case.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Freedom of Speech is far more American than a hundred-thousand-dollar-per-plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago or trips to Epstein Island or bullying a network into cancelling Steven Colbert or bragging about having extorted $16 million from a movie studio.
—Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extorted
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Advertisement The loss of over 1,000 major non-Russian firms exiting the Russian market upon its invasion of Ukraine represented one of the most costly penalties exacted on Putin.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
16 Dec. 2025
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And as much as Carol likes to challenge and rebel against Zosia and the Others, that tension is a form of companionship, and its absence has clearly exacted a huge emotional toll on her.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Finally, Logan coerced Jake to admit to peeling the paper.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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Al-Zubaidi had good reason to fear he would be imprisoned or at least coerced into capitulation.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The best part of the orange — your orange, Chicago taxpayers — already has been squeezed for the most juice, likely explaining the sale.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Managers have become organizational shock absorbers, squeezed between executive decisions from above and team realities below.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Cover the area with a kitchen towel that has been soaked in hot water and then wrung out.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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Most of the excess labor cost was wrung out during the depths of the rolling recession, aligning wage expenses with profitability and setting up businesses to benefit disproportionately from any top-line improvement.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The rise of hip-hop and the films of Spike Lee in the late 1980s and early 1990s forced a revival of Malcolm X, a reclaiming of him by Black America, wrested from his historical framing by the white mainstream, which during his time did not love him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Ja'Quan McMillian wrested the ball from Bills receiver Brandin Cooks as the two tumbled to the ground in overtime.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2026
Verb
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With temperatures climbing above freezing and sunny skies melting half the structure, they were forced to start over entirely.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Twenty-two people — two civilians and 20 firefighters — were injured and thousands were forced to evacuate.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Zach Harper basically wrote that Atlanta got fleeced here, though.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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That figure was significantly higher than the comparable number for all of 2024, when Texans were fleeced by a total of $48 million, according to the analysis.—
Trevor Bach,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Extorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extorted. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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