How to Use extortion in a Sentence

extortion

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  • He was arrested and charged with extortion.
  • In the past few years, extortions have been on the rise.
    — Karol Suárez, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • Van der Sloot was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of extortion.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 6 June 2023
  • Van der Sloot was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the U.S. for extortion and wire fraud.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The foreign firms that were brought in were ripe for extortion.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
  • The extortion offense carries up to 20 years and the cocaine charge up to 10 years.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Van der Sloot is charged with wire fraud and extortion, and was advised of his rights.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • Aron instead brought the extortion attempt to the attention of the FBI.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The girl’s mother found out about the extortion later that same night in April 2021.
    — Chris Dehghanpoor, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The extortion offense carried up to 20 years and the cocaine charge up to 10 years.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
  • One of my friends went one step further and called this extortion.
    — cleveland, 14 June 2021
  • In 1995, after he was released from prison in the Tylenol extortion case, Mr. Lewis moved to the Boston area.
    — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 10 July 2023
  • What’s the deal with Jay-Z’s extortion lawsuit against Buzbee?
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Which might have seemed like a steep bond for an extortion letter.
    — Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Van der Sloot confessed to killing Holloway as part of a plea agreement in the extortion and fraud case.
    — Holmes Lybrand, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
  • His attorneys have framed the funds as a response to an extortion plot.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • He was convicted of extortion and served 13 years in prison.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The report tracked how the group, which first surfaced in the summer of 2021, uses a double-extortion playbook.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • He was referred to in the 2019 extortion trial of the celebrity lawyer Michael Avenatti.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Park and Kim, Lee’s accusers, are being tried on extortion charges.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Charlie French, a sadistic mob wannabe, stashes a bag full of extortion-scheme cash in Max’s safe.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
  • She has since been charged with robbery in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree and extortion in the first degree.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • In June 2010, a grand jury indicted him on wire fraud and extortion charges.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Once nude images have been traded, that’s when the extortion starts, Gallas said.
    — The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Cantwell is in prison for extortion and threat charges in an unrelated case.
    — Elle Reeve, CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • At sentencing, Alexander could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on the firearm count and 20 years on the extortion count.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 15 Aug. 2023
  • This routine extortion, however, will turn out to be the least of their concerns.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
  • He was sentenced to 35 years in jail for extortion and child pornography.
    — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Police say he’s also been charged with kidnapping, extortion, and menacing.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Menendez was found guilty on charges including extortion, honest services wire fraud, obstruction of justice, acting as a foreign agent for Egypt, bribery, and conspiracy.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Jan. 2025

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