The acute form of this parasitism was warfare in its chronic form, its prolongation in times of peace, the extortion of contributions and duties, the imposition of taxes and forced labour from the people.
One instance of their extortion would appear incredible, were it not authenticated by the legislator himself.
The usual methods of extortion were practised and improved; and Claudian has sketched a lively and original picture of the public auction of the state.
Ruef, after his appeal to the Federal Supreme Court, had exhausted every legal device known to himself and his attorneys to escape trial in the extortion case pending before Judge Dunne.
As soon as the Schmitz extortion case had been disposed of, Louis Glass of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, the first of the indicted capitalists to face a jury, was brought to trial.
In the meantime, the work of selecting a jury to try Ruef on the extortion charge was going on with the deadly certainty of the slide of the knife of a guillotine.
The Supreme Court seems to lose sight of the fact that the crime of extortion in this State is not confined to persons in office, and exercising official influence.
But events of far greater moment than pettyextortion had the attention of San Francisco.
The Supreme Court," concludes the law writer, "seems to lose sight of the fact that the crime of extortion in this State is not confined to persons in office and exercising official influence.
The court found the indictment under which Schmitz had been convicted of extortion to be insufficient and ordered the defendant to be discharged as to the indictment.
It will not do to lessen the weight of my testimony any by having me plead guilty in thatextortion case.
The party were exposed to the usual violence and extortion of the Arabs; "they that should have rescued us stood still, and durst doe nothing, which was to our cost.
Like them, too, they turn to their personal advantage the power of imposition and extortion which belongs to every one who is clothed with official rank in Syria.
But the present inhabitants of Canaan, regardless of the natural wealth with which the hills and the valleys abound, trust to violence for the means of luxury, and to the most unprincipled extortion and robbery for their accustomed revenue.
The first thirty years of the Christian era did not pass away without several insurrections on the part of the Jews, and repeated acts of severity and extortion inflicted upon them by their stern conquerors.
And they could not avoid being the slaves of dividogenesure, nor of being victims of extortion by various trusts and monopolies.
Nearly all the profits of this extortion from the public have passed into the hands of a comparatively few men intrusted with the management of the public highways.
These passages simply indicate another way of extortionfrom the public of the wealth it creates.
The loss simply indicates an extortion from the public by perverted morality and profound selfishness of the combines.
But not even the fruits of this extortion have gone to the original investors.
This flagrant injustice and this breach of faith and obligation add to extortion the danger attending the diversion of the currency of the country from the legitimate channels of business.
Money wrung by extortion from native princes was lavished without enjoyment by the denationalized parvenu.
In 1789 the system of the old Roman extortion was revived.
The salary which the governors are to receive, is a comparatively small one, compared with the vast sums which they have been in the habit of accumulating, by means of extortion and by defrauding the Government.
Europe thus was traversed by multitudes of men armed with these weapons, which they used without remorse for extortion and oppression.
The magnitude of these sums shows the eagerness of the penitents to escape, and the enormous power of extortion wielded by the inquisitor.
This is a country of extortioners and extortion from strangers.
Being a good man, the system of extortion which he is obliged to put in practice to meet the demands of the Pasha, makes his heart sick.
I expect to witness some cruel scenes of extortion practised before I leave this place, like what I saw in The Mountains.
We wish not to terrify strangers--even those who do not believe in Mahomet--by acts of extortionand plunder.
Captured in those early words, too, was the fundamentally spiritual nature of what has always been at stake in the cradle of the Faith.
In murder, assault with intent to kill, blackmail, and extortion they head the list, as well as in certain other offences unnecessary to describe more fully but prevalent in Naples and the South.
The writer has received authoritative reports of three instances of extortion which are probably prototypes of many other varieties.
A host of the people, who had cruelly suffered under the arm of his extortion and were dispersed, gathered around and succored them till they dispossessed him of his kingdom and established them in his stead.
CXI Such as deal hard with the weak will suffer from the extortion of the strong:--It is not every arm in which there is strength that can wrench the hand of a weak man.
The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
With extortion in all its forms Skinadre, for instance, was familiar.
As a matter of fact, we are indebted for half the railroads of the United States to the extortion of the other half, and the same may truthfully be said of telegraph lines.
These people had intelligence enough to say, "The rival who stands between us and extortion is our friend, and our friend shall not be allowed to die.
Extreme corruption and extortion were practised in connexion with taxation.
Jesus Himself now put a question as to the teaching of the scribes which identified the Messiah with "the Son of David"; and then He denounced those scribes whose pride and extortion and hypocrisy were preparing for them a terrible doom.
A spunging house; a public house kept by sheriff's officers, to which they convey the persons they have arrested, where they practise every species of imposition and extortion with impunity.
There had been many abuses, the most common of which was extortion by sheriffs, who gaoled people without cause to make them pay to be released.
This is to prevent extortion of defendants by false complaints.
They justified this advice by a statement of the various acts of peculation and extortion which they had discovered, and an edict to that effect was accordingly published and duly registered by the parliaments of the kingdom.
Charges of fraud and extortion were brought against tradesmen of good character, in consequence of the great inducements held out to common informers.
Zacchæus’ task was that of a taxgatherer, and when it is remembered that these officials made their wealth by extortion and dishonesty, to say the least, it was suspicious when a taxgatherer was rich.
And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "extortion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
