noun
- a person who obtains money, property, or services from someone through coercion, typically by threats or violence
Usage: formal; often used in legal or historical contexts
Examples
- The extortioner demanded payment in exchange for not revealing damaging information.
- Police arrested the extortioner who had been threatening local business owners.
- The crime boss operated as an extortioner, collecting protection money from shops throughout the city.
- Victims of the extortioner reported the threats to law enforcement.
- The extortioner was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison.