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Recent Examples of extorted
In schemes orchestrated with Iza, Coberg arranged a fake drug arrest and stood guard while a victim was extorted.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
At least three organizations have been extorted and suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages after proprietary information was posted online by IT workers.
—Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Alex LaMorie, the 25-year-old man with autism shot dead by police on March 1, called the police because he was being extorted, Howard County Police Chief Gregory Der revealed Thursday.
—April Santana, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
Gonzales has denied the affair with the aide, Regina Santos-Aviles, and claims he's being extorted by her husband.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Nicole Curtis, the former HGTV star whose Rehab Addict show was canceled after a video surfaced of her using a racial slur, is now claiming she was being extorted.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
Dearing’s refusal to be extorted out of his home was nearly met with destructive violence.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
However, the company declined to answer follow-up questions about when the breach occurred, whether customer data was involved or if it is actively being extorted.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
In his defense, Barnett took the stand to say there was no murder plot and that Thomas extorted him for the money using physical violence – knocking out his teeth, injured his left shoulder, and smacking his private parts.
—Sydney Pereira, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
At least three organizations have been extorted and suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages after proprietary information was posted online by IT workers.
—Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Alex LaMorie, the 25-year-old man with autism shot dead by police on March 1, called the police because he was being extorted, Howard County Police Chief Gregory Der revealed Thursday.
—April Santana, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2026
Gonzales has denied the affair with the aide, Regina Santos-Aviles, and claims he's being extorted by her husband.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Nicole Curtis, the former HGTV star whose Rehab Addict show was canceled after a video surfaced of her using a racial slur, is now claiming she was being extorted.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
Dearing’s refusal to be extorted out of his home was nearly met with destructive violence.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
However, the company declined to answer follow-up questions about when the breach occurred, whether customer data was involved or if it is actively being extorted.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
In his defense, Barnett took the stand to say there was no murder plot and that Thomas extorted him for the money using physical violence – knocking out his teeth, injured his left shoulder, and smacking his private parts.
—Sydney Pereira, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extorted
Verb
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But the drug war had exacted a heavy toll in his diocese.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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The statement signaled a willingness to continue the war that has disrupted global energy supplies, international travel and the relative safety enjoyed by the Gulf Arab states, and which has also exacted a heavy toll on Iran’s leadership, military and ballistic missile program.—
Natalie Melzer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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The funny thing is, Austin fathered seven children in all, but only Dot, Betty and Helen were coerced into performing, and their father’s monomania is compared, quite alarmingly, to such bullying stage fathers as Murray Wilson (The Beach Boys) and Joe Jackson (The Jackson 5).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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However, in early 2026, Banegas claimed his attorneys coerced him into pleading guilty and sought to change his plea.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The three of us squeezed into our bedroom closet and huddled over my phone.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Tkachuk controlled the loose puck in the crease and squeezed it past goalie Ilya Sorokin for the comeback victory.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Decades of warming have wrung many parts of the US dry.—
Mark Gongloff,
Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2026
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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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Prasad and top drug regulator Tracy Beth Høeg have wrested control of vaccine surveillance from career staff.—
Lizzy Lawrence,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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Fast forward to 2025 when the total outlays are now north of $7 trillion a year, more than a 360% increase in national spending in the 30 years since term limits were wrested from the American public.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Staffing shortages have forced some travelers to build in significantly more time before flights – sometimes hours more than usual.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Staffing shortages have forced some airports to close checkpoints at times, with wait times swinging dramatically.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Mexican cartels have fleeced American victims for hundreds of millions of dollars through timeshare fraud over the decades, treasury officials said, targeted them through call centers staffed by English-speaking telemarketers.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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Compared with the ostensible consequences of the prisoner’s dilemma, getting fleeced in the snowdrift problem’s scenario isn’t quite as disastrous.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Extorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extorted. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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