Meanings
plural extortioners
- Someone who extorts; an extortionist.
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be […] an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 5:11Synonyms: extorter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who extorts; an extortionist.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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