Sentence examples for an act of extortion from inspiring English sources

Eventually it will master time travel, but that will be in a future sequel, which makes the current one an act of extortion by Warner Brothers.

Col. Romeo Tolentino said the blast "could be an act of retaliation" by extortion gangs at public markets," or possibly "a diversionary attack" of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic group linked to Al Qaeda.

If the UK is rewarded for its cynical act of extortion there will be referendums all over the place, paralysing Europe for a decade.

In 2001, Nazim Rizvi, who produced the film "Chori Chori Chupke Chupke" was sentenced to six years imprisonment along with his assistant, Abdul Rahim Allahbaksh, for "acting as an organized crime syndicate and committing unlawful acts of extortion by targeting film personalities".

Morello and Saietta were members of the Black Hand, the name given to bands of Southern Italian immigrants who engaged in crude acts of extortion — threatening merchants with bodily injury if protection money wasn't paid.

The racketeering charge also included acts of extortion, money-laundering and drug dealing.

He was indicted for participation in 20 murders, eight attempted murders, five robberies with violence, 37 acts of extortion and 53 other offences including physical violence and threats.

The 45-year-old man is facing an allegation of extortion, as well as breaches of the Communications Act and Computer Misuse Act.

But threatening to report that someone has committed a crime can be considered a form of extortion.

The Hobbs Act's definition of "extortion" was "copied from the New York Code substantially".

The phrase "under color of official right" which appears in the Act's definition of extortion renders that distinction moot.