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Recent Examples of extort
Somalis face armed roadblocks in many areas, where terrorists or government troops extort money, and lawlessness and corruption occur on a daily basis.
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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
Everyone who came to Tawila from El Fasher would have been at risk of confrontations with armed individuals who intercept migrants and often extort them for money or cause harm.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
The organization claims truckers are commonly extorted by police at the stops.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extort
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Further complicating matters, Doe was interviewed by Phong Tran, a then-Oakland detective who has since been charged with perjury for allegedly coercing witnesses into falsely incriminating murder defendants.—
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The lawsuit accused the company of coercing customers into signing agreements that allowed the company to act as the exclusive real estate listing agent for an undisclosed period of time.—
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The Panthers squeezed a few end-of-career seasons out of guys such as Dino Ciccarelli and Igor Larionov.—
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Instead, 2026 is about building both stylish and sensible outfits that can take you from the airport to the streets with maximum versatility without ever squeezing into tight, form-fitting fabric.—
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At times, mops and towels were absorbing so much water that workers were forced to bring buckets to the court to wring out the water before continuing their work.—
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Cover the area with a kitchen towel that has been soaked in hot water and then wrung out.—
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Painting narrow lines on grout is an exacting process.—
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The products are laser-measured to meet exacting standards.—
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Hopes for both lower interest rates and a solid economy have helped other areas of the stock market climb recently, wresting leadership away from the Big Tech and AI stocks that dominated the market for years.—
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In 2024, OpenAI announced plans to convert into a for-profit company, which would have wrested control from the nonprofit and kept it as a separate arm.—
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“Extort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extort. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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