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Extortion

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Extortion"

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Word	Definition
blackmailnoun	The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.
blackmailingnoun	The act of one who blackmails.
coercionnoun	(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
racketeeringnoun	The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.
swindlingnoun	The act by which somebody is swindled.
swindlenoun	An instance of swindling.
scamnoun	A fraudulent deal.
hijacknoun	An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
ransomnoun	Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
briberynoun	The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.
extractionnoun	The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
levynoun	The act of levying.
concussionnoun	(uncountable in Commonwealth, countable in Canada, US) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
racketnoun	(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.
graftnoun	(horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
obtainingverb	(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
exactionnoun	The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force
strikenoun	(baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
sextortionnoun	(colloquial) A form of sexual extortion; the extortion of a person through the use of the history of their sexual conduct (such as saved sexting messages).
vampirismnoun	(mythology) The state of being a vampire.