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Recent Examples of extorted
This man just could not stop getting extorted, which is not ideal for anyone but is especially unpleasant for the head of MI5.
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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
Diplomats told investigators that some foreign nationals were extorted as much as $10,000 to avoid arrest at checkpoints.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
His fortune also faced some hits as he was allegedly extorted.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
The neo-noir thriller, which is an adaptation of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, follows David King (Washington), a successful music executive who gets extorted by an up-and-coming rapper (A$AP Rocky).
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 18 Aug. 2025
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
Diplomats told investigators that some foreign nationals were extorted as much as $10,000 to avoid arrest at checkpoints.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
His fortune also faced some hits as he was allegedly extorted.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
The neo-noir thriller, which is an adaptation of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, follows David King (Washington), a successful music executive who gets extorted by an up-and-coming rapper (A$AP Rocky).
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extorted
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Plus, there are the damaging indiscriminate predatory tariffs that have been exacted on small, fragile nations, such as Lesotho and Laos.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Tigers exacted some measure of revenge by eliminating Cleveland in the wild card series — only to once again lose the ALDS in five games — this time in highly heartbreaking fashion, on a walk-off base hit by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th inning.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Detectives even allegedly coerced Rosie into signing a document implicating Frank Jordano and his father, Iorlando Jordano.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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This is the real danger for the NBA—players who get coerced into trying to rig games.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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But there's also concern that these programs, some funded by private donations and not used to such demand, will be financially squeezed.—
Lily Altavena,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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George Matysik, executive director of Share Food Program, a Philadelphia food bank, told USA TODAY that food banks are already squeezed by federal funding cuts.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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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
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Brain wrung like a sponge every rinse cycle.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Hamas wrested power from the more secular and internationally recognized Fatah party in 2007 after winning legislative elections the previous year.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
21 Oct. 2025
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Christian music star Amy Grant and her cousin, Andy Burton, have successfully wrested control of a valuable downtown church property.—
Liam Adams,
Nashville Tennessean,
8 Oct. 2025
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And then the occasional strip club that I was forced to go to.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
3 Nov. 2025
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According to Adams, Koehler forced the woman from her upstairs bedroom down to downstairs, purposely disorienting her — the basis for the kidnapping charge he was also found guilty of.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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The mobsters are accused of pocketing some of the $7 million that was fleeced from unsuspecting victims who were drawn to poker tables in Las Vegas, Miami, Manhattan and Long Island’s seaside playground for the rich and famous.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Once the game was underway, the defendants fleeced the victims out of tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per game.—
Colin Meyn,
The Hill,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Extorted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extorted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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