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Definition of extortionate in English: extortionateadjective ɪkˈstɔːʃ(ə)nətɛkˈstɔːʃ(ə)nətɪkˈstɔrʃ(ə)nət 1(of a price) much too high; exorbitant. £2,700 for that guitar is extortionate Example sentencesExamples - The only alternative was for the whole wedding party to stand around in the nasty battered reception, paying extortionate prices for bottles of beer from the check-in guys.
- The York City Baths Club is pulling out of swimming lessons at the Barbican due to another extortionate price hike, this time at the council-run pools.
- Rather, he is keen to defend football from the usual allegations that ticket prices are extortionate.
- High pressure sales techniques, extortionate prices and poor quality workmanship await those who agree to free security checks from suspicious firms cold-calling at the door or over the phone, warn police.
- The alert follows a flood of complaints about itinerant traders who charge extortionate prices for bitumen coverings for drives.
- Where is the financial benefit in facing extortionate price increases without an even greater rise in income?
- The signs indicating this extortionate price rise were not prominently placed and when I complained I was told to ‘park elsewhere then’.
- You can travel during school terms, escaping screaming children and extortionate prices.
- Presently we buy gas at extortionate prices; experts allege that the UK market is easily manipulated, with price-rigging by continental companies who control the pipelines.
- Buy lots of ready-grown plants at extortionate prices
- I've managed to catch the last 3 travelling shows, and almost not minded the extortionate ticket prices.
- The ticket prices were not extortionate, it was after all a semi final, and we don't play at home again until February 7.
- There was beer, there was music and there was undercooked greasy food at extortionate prices.
- This means that everyone wanting to purchase a home in Alice Springs is forced to pay an extortionate price.
- People should always be careful when they're being asked these extortionate prices.
- They come along and put in what you would term inferior equipment and charge extortionate prices for it.
- One hackney cab driver, who asked not to be named, said: ‘I know the prices are extortionate - but I have no option.’
- We aren't happy, we are overcharging people as it is and after midnight prices are just extortionate.
- How do young people have the money to buy these tickets, usually in bulk, and at extortionate prices.
- We would urge everyone living in Lyneham or travelling through on August 13 to boycott the station and make a stand against the extortionate prices we are being charged for petrol.
Synonyms exorbitant, excessively high, excessive, sky-high, outrageous, preposterous, immoderate, unreasonable, inordinate, prohibitive, ruinous, punitive, inflated, more than one can afford British over the odds informal criminal, steep, stiff, over the top, OTT 2Using or given to extortion. the extortionate power of the unions Example sentencesExamples - More systematic than previous repressions, the example did much to ensure that revolts did not recur, even during the infinitely harsher and more extortionate later years of the reign.
- In response, the author proposes a new crime of "extortionate destruction."
- Two "business agents" who have been charged with blackmailing and extortionate practices will be ousted from office by the Upholsterers' Union if the present plans of the leaders are carried out.
- This is an extortionate use of the indictment power.
Synonyms grasping, bloodsucking, avaricious, greedy, rapacious, predatory, usurious, exacting, harsh, severe, rigorous, hard, oppressive informal money-grubbing North American informal grabby
Derivatives adverb as submodifier lobster is extortionately expensive here Example sentencesExamples - I could move out of New South Wales to a state where petrol isn't as extortionately priced, such as Queensland.
- Many people have not been aware of the Internet scams until they have received their extortionately high telephone bills.
- We also receive complaints that people are pressurised into having work done by traders who knock on their door, or visit as a result of an unsolicited phone call, only to find the work is extortionately expensive and badly done.
- Even at the book's launch party, over glasses of poor quality (but extortionately expensive) House of Commons wine, one or two people doubted this was what had really happened.
- This coupled with extortionately high house prices and rents makes it very difficult for those earning the real York average wages to even afford to live.
Definition of extortionate in US English: extortionateadjectiveikˈstôrSH(ə)nətɪkˈstɔrʃ(ə)nət 1(of a price) much too high; exorbitant. extortionate ticket prices Example sentencesExamples - You can travel during school terms, escaping screaming children and extortionate prices.
- There was beer, there was music and there was undercooked greasy food at extortionate prices.
- We aren't happy, we are overcharging people as it is and after midnight prices are just extortionate.
- The signs indicating this extortionate price rise were not prominently placed and when I complained I was told to ‘park elsewhere then’.
- People should always be careful when they're being asked these extortionate prices.
- How do young people have the money to buy these tickets, usually in bulk, and at extortionate prices.
- This means that everyone wanting to purchase a home in Alice Springs is forced to pay an extortionate price.
- The only alternative was for the whole wedding party to stand around in the nasty battered reception, paying extortionate prices for bottles of beer from the check-in guys.
- We would urge everyone living in Lyneham or travelling through on August 13 to boycott the station and make a stand against the extortionate prices we are being charged for petrol.
- I've managed to catch the last 3 travelling shows, and almost not minded the extortionate ticket prices.
- Buy lots of ready-grown plants at extortionate prices
- Presently we buy gas at extortionate prices; experts allege that the UK market is easily manipulated, with price-rigging by continental companies who control the pipelines.
- One hackney cab driver, who asked not to be named, said: ‘I know the prices are extortionate - but I have no option.’
- The alert follows a flood of complaints about itinerant traders who charge extortionate prices for bitumen coverings for drives.
- The York City Baths Club is pulling out of swimming lessons at the Barbican due to another extortionate price hike, this time at the council-run pools.
- High pressure sales techniques, extortionate prices and poor quality workmanship await those who agree to free security checks from suspicious firms cold-calling at the door or over the phone, warn police.
- They come along and put in what you would term inferior equipment and charge extortionate prices for it.
- Rather, he is keen to defend football from the usual allegations that ticket prices are extortionate.
- The ticket prices were not extortionate, it was after all a semi final, and we don't play at home again until February 7.
- Where is the financial benefit in facing extortionate price increases without an even greater rise in income?
Synonyms exorbitant, excessively high, excessive, sky-high, outrageous, preposterous, immoderate, unreasonable, inordinate, prohibitive, ruinous, punitive, inflated, more than one can afford 2Using or given to extortion. the extortionate power of the unions Example sentencesExamples - Two "business agents" who have been charged with blackmailing and extortionate practices will be ousted from office by the Upholsterers' Union if the present plans of the leaders are carried out.
- This is an extortionate use of the indictment power.
- In response, the author proposes a new crime of "extortionate destruction."
- More systematic than previous repressions, the example did much to ensure that revolts did not recur, even during the infinitely harsher and more extortionate later years of the reign.
Synonyms grasping, bloodsucking, avaricious, greedy, rapacious, predatory, usurious, exacting, harsh, severe, rigorous, hard, oppressive
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