Extortioner

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. someone who extorts; an extortionist
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who practices extortion; an extortionist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who practises extortion; specifically, one who obtains excessive prices, rent, interest, etc., by means of monopoly or some other advantage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crook    criminal    felon    malefactor    outlaw   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    extortionist    exacter    wringer    wrester    caterpillar    bloodsucker    vulture    flayer    fleecer    griper   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts