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nouna criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
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Chinese Mandarin 強奪者 /强夺者
- 強奪者 /强夺者 (qiángduózhě)someone who extorts
Finnish kiristäjä
- kiristäjäsomeone who extorts
French extorqueur, extorqueuse
- extorqueursomeone who extorts
- extorqueusesomeone who extorts
German Erpresser, Erpresserin
- Erpressersomeone who extorts
- Erpresserinsomeone who extorts
Greek εκβιαστής, εκβιάστρια
- εκβιαστής (ekviastís)someone who extorts
- εκβιάστρια (ekviástria)someone who extorts
Hindi ऐंठू
- ऐंठू (a͠iṭhū)someone who extorts
Italian taglieggiatore
- taglieggiatoresomeone who extorts
Japanese 強要者
- 強要者 (kyōyōsha)someone who extorts
Latin extortor
- extortorsomeone who extorts
Polish szantażysta, szantażystka
- szantażystasomeone who extorts
- szantażystkasomeone who extorts
Russian вымога́тель, вымога́тельница
- вымога́тель (vymogátelʹ)someone who extorts
- вымога́тельница (vymogátelʹnica)someone who extorts
Spanish extorsionista, extorsionador
- extorsionistasomeone who extorts
- extorsionadorsomeone who extorts
- extorsionadorasomeone who extorts
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extortionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extortionist
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“extortionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extortionist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extortionist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extortionist.
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