Extort
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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The Silerian Trilogy: The Honored Society is a fantasy version, where water wizards extort tribute from people by controlling their water supplies, cutting it off if they refuse.
Source: The Mafia - The Mafia: The Honored Society is a fantasy version, where water wizards extort tribute from people by controlling their water supplies, cutting it off if they refuse.
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In the game Galactic Civilizations 2, you will be called this trope by name if you don't refuse another empires attempts to extort money from you.
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