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Recent Examples of extort
Family fled Honduras to escape gang extortion, court records show
Federal court records show Baquedano-Amador applied for asylum after arriving in the U.S., saying that she was robbed and extorted by gang members after her husband left Honduras in 2011.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Some inmates roamed freely, refused to follow staff orders and extorted fellow prisoners.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Diddy allegedly extorted $20,000 from Cassie's mom during her daughter’s relationship with Kid Cudi
On May 20, Ventura's mother Regina testified in Combs' trial, claiming that her family paid $20,000 to him out of concern for her daughter's safety.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 May 2025
Photo provided by Ryan Last's family Four men were charged last week in connection with a scheme to target and extort Stuart's son.
—Scott MacFarlane 18, CBS News, 18 May 2025
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Some inmates roamed freely, refused to follow staff orders and extorted fellow prisoners.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 17 June 2025
Diddy allegedly extorted $20,000 from Cassie's mom during her daughter’s relationship with Kid Cudi
On May 20, Ventura's mother Regina testified in Combs' trial, claiming that her family paid $20,000 to him out of concern for her daughter's safety.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 May 2025
Photo provided by Ryan Last's family Four men were charged last week in connection with a scheme to target and extort Stuart's son.
—Scott MacFarlane 18, CBS News, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extort
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Witnesses testified about whether the original detective and prosecutor in his case had coerced them into testifying against Bell at his 1995 trial.—
The Marshall Project,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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The school board responded that the materials did no more than expose the children to new ideas, and that in any case nobody was being coerced.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
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The Euro 2025 quarter-finals had late drama, with Italy squeezing past Norway, a comeback out of nowhere from England, and a farcical penalty shootout win over Sweden.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
20 July 2025
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In particular, the price of rice has doubled, squeezing many household budgets despite government handouts.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
20 July 2025
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Warmer oceans and air mean more evaporation and more moisture in the atmosphere, which gets wrung out in the form of more intense rain or snow.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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By late afternoon, some volunteer search crews began to regroup at the fire department, looking sweaty and wrung out.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Based on Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Nautilus follows Nemo’s mission to exact revenge on the East India Mercantile Company, and goes on a raucous adventure beneath the sea in the process.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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But restricting kids from encountering tricky movement problems, such as racing at full speed down a rocky slope or climbing high in a tree, can exact a toll.—
Henry Abbott,
The Atlantic,
12 July 2025
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But there is still an opportunity to wrest a positive outcome from the current tumult.—
Emily Kilcrease,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2025
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The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is the linchpin of a new aid system that wrested distribution away from aid groups led by the U.N.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 July 2025
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“Extort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extort. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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