Extortionate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characterized by extortion.
  • adj. Exorbitant; immoderate: extortionate interest rates.
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  • adj. of, related to or typifying extortion
  • adj. greatly exceeding what is reasonable or moderate; exorbitant
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by extortion; oppressive; excessive: as, an extortionate price.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
    • Equivalent
    immoderate   
    Antonym
    moderate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    oppressive    hard    unreasonable    exacting    vampire    vampiric    bloodsucking   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    proportionate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exorbitant    below-market    vexatious    inconsecutive    class-action    airmail    prison-related    224-3041    dysarthric    slavey   
     
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