extortionist
pronunciation
How to pronounce extortionist in British English:
UK [ɪk'stɔ:ʃnɪst]
How to pronounce extortionist in American English:
US [ɪk'stɔʃnɪst]
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- Noun:
- a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
Word Origin
- extortionist (n.)
- 1824, from extortion + -ist. Earlier in the same sense were extorter (1590s), extortioner (late 14c.).
Example
- 1. The town bishop is an extortionist .
- 2. Police use of extortionist methods has been criticized .
- 3. A person , such as an extortionist , who preys upon others .
- 4. Since they are bullies who are too scared to attack countries that can defend themselves ( russia and china ) , the next targets of these extortionist thugs would appear to be weaker green countries like saudi arabi , algeria and venezuela .