English > extortionist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them. |
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| Synonyms | blackmailer, extortioner |
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| Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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| Spanish | chantajista, concusionario, desollador, extorsionador, extorsionista |
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| Catalan | concussionari, extorsionador, xantatgista |
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| Nouns | extortion | the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats / threats of violence) |
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| extortion | unjust / unjust / unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority) |