Crime and Extortion

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Crime

Crime noun - Activities that are in violation of the laws of the state.
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Extortion and crime are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extortion" instead a noun "Crime".
Nearby Words: criminal, criminally

Extortion

Extortion noun - The exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services.
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Crime and extortion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crime" instead a noun "Extortion".
Nearby Words: extort, extortionate, extorted, extortionist, extorting

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corrupt corrupt crime corrupt extortion
petty petty crime petty extortion
little little crime little extortion
federal federal crime federal extortion

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  • Blackmail For example "I have your loved one hostage, give me the MacGuffin or they're done for" would be extortion as taking hostages is a crime.
    Source: Blackmail
  • Series / Veronica Mars The Irish Mob: The 'Fighting Fitzpatricks', an Irish crime family in Neptune who are involved in drug dealing and extortion, among other things.
    Source: Series / Veronica Mars
  • Series / Psych Fortunately, Shawn manages to defuse the situation by rallying all of said crime lord's extortion victims to testify against him and put him away for good.
    Source: Series / Psych
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Extortion and Crime. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crime/extortion
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