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extortioner|ɛkˈstɔːʃənə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who practises or is given to extortion.
c1375Pains of Hell 37 in O.E. Misc. App. ii. 211 Þese were..Extorcioners. 1413Lydg. Pilgr. Sowle iv. xxix. (1859) 61 They done none execucion vpon extorcioners, ne tyrauntes. 1484Rich. III in Ellis Orig. Lett. ii. 54 I. 162 Many been knowen for open murdrers, advowters, and extortioners. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 174 b, The vsurer, the thefe, & the extorcioner. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. i. v. 46 Some covetous extortioner..buyes up the whole lading of the ship. 1789Bentham Princ. Legisl. xiii. §1 The most determined extortioner in office has some bridle and some restraint. 1839Thirlwall Greece IV. 207 To purge the city of the vile informers and extortioners. |