Extortion
Extortion noun - The exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services.
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Threatening and extortion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead a noun "Extortion".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Extortion and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extortion" instead a noun "Threatening".
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Blackmail is a form of extortion where what the blackmailing party is threatening to do would otherwise be legal.
Source: Blackmail - October - Dr Baxter Stockman is arrested for robbery and extortion after using his Mouser robots to undermine the foundation of every major corporate building in New York,and then threatening to collapse them unless his demands are met.
- Sexual Extortion: One of Caligula's more nefarious hobbies is forcing himself upon other men's wives and daughters by threatening to have their husbands and fathers executed if they don't submit.
Source: Literature / I, Claudius
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