blackmail, use of intimidation or force in order to obtain something (money, information, etc.)
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Extortion Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.
The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.
(n.)
The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
(n.)
That which is extorted or exacted by force.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThat which is extorted or exacted by force.
extortion
\ex*tor"tion\ (?), n. [f. extorsion.]
1. the act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.
2. (law) the offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.
3. that which is extorted or exacted by force.
The practice of obtaining by violence or compulsion
Cribddail = n. extortion; pillage
Digribddail = a. without extortion
Noun
1. an exorbitant charge
(hypernym) overcharge
(derivation) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
2. unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"
(hypernym) exaction
(derivation) extort
3. the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
(hypernym) felony
(hyponym) blackmail
(derivation) extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring
Extortion Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Extortion (also called blackmail, shakedown, outwresting, and exaction) is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups. The actual obtainment of money or property is not required to commit the offense. Making a threat of violence which refers to a requirement of a payment of money or property to halt future violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the unlawful demanding and obtaining of something through force, but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant.
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Extortion Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The use, or the express or implicit threat of the use, of violence or other criminal means to cause harm to person, reputation, or property as a means to obtain property from someone else with his consent. USC 18
The Hobbs Act defines "extortion" as "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." 18 U.S.C. S 1951(b)(2).
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.The Hobbs Act defines "extortion" as "the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." 18 U.S.C. S 1951(b)(2).
Forcing a person to give up property in a thing through the use of violence, fear or under pretense of authority. - (read more on Extortion)
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In common law, the corrupt collection by a public official of anexcessive or unauthorized fee; punishable as a misdemeanor. Under modernstatutes the offense includes illegal taking of money by anyone who employsthreats, or other illegal use of fear or coercion, to obtain money, and whoseconduct falls short of the threat to personal safety required for robbery.Extortion is used interchangeably with blackmail and is commonly punished as afelony.
