Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word EXTORTIONATE

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Definitions of EXTORTIONATE

1. Of, related to, or typifying extortion.
2. Greatly exceeding what is moderate or reasonable; exorbitant.

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Examples of Using EXTORTIONATE in a Sentence

• Oklahoma statute books still provide the death penalty for first-degree rape, extortionate kidnapping, and rape or forcible sodomy of a victim under 14 where the defendant had a prior conviction of sexual abuse of a person under 14 but the death penalty for these crimes is no longer constitutional since the 2008 U.
• The bill also sought an end to an inpatient charge of €80 per visit for chemo and radiotherapy, and also seeks to end extortionate parking fees.
• The pair, believing Mahmood to be a wealthy Arab prince trying to set up a business deal, were caught mocking the club's own supporters for spending extortionate amounts of money on merchandise, calling female supporters "dogs", and mocking star striker Alan Shearer by calling him the "Mary Poppins of football", all while frequenting a brothel.
• The Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) is a United States law , composed of several titles relating to consumer credit, mainly title I, the Truth in Lending Act, title II related to extortionate credit transactions, title III related to restrictions on wage garnishment, and title IV related to the National Commission on Consumer Finance.
• December 6 – After an extensive investigation by the Denver Division, Denver crime family boss Eugene "Checkers" Smaldone, along with his underboss brother, Clarence "Chauncey" Smaldone and consigliere Paul "Fat Paul" Villano, is convicted for extortionate credit transactions, tax evasion, and conspiracy and sentenced to 10 year imprisonment.
• Rabbi Jonathan Skolnick was the associate principal of Judaic Studies at SAR until he was arrested by the FBI on September 13, 2019, for the production of child pornography, on charges of "charges of child enticement; production, receipt, and possession of child pornography; and sending extortionate communications" with the students of SAR.
• WiiWare World gave Plättchen Twist 'n' Paint a 3/10, deriding the overcomplexity of the game and the high price it was being sold at in Europe, which they said was "extortionate".
• At first the Edwardsville Hometown Committee (EHC), who characterized the WRCoC's requested licensing fee as "extortionate", filed a counterclaim challenging the trademark and seeking damages against the WRCoC for enforcing an invalid trademark.
• Each major route involved transhipping to pack animal caravan, travel through desert country and risk of bandits and extortionate tolls by local potentiates.
• The script is mostly a series of loosely connected sketches, though the film's sole virtue nowadays is the location camerawork of Otto Heller that captures the then peeling and shabbily converted Regency houses that were riddled with dry rot and Rachmanism, which exchanged squalor for extortionate rents.
• The Medina (1876) 2 PD 5 is an English contract law case, regarding the voidability of an agreement and a restitutionary award where the court finds that agreement is procured under extortionate circumstances.
• A liquidator may challenge transactions entered into in the twilight period prior to insolvency where such transactions constitute either an unfair preference, undervalue transaction, voidable floating charge or extortionate credit transaction.

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