Sentence examples for are being extorted for from inspiring English sources

Often, they are being extorted for money.

While in Berlin Asia had mentioned that she was being extorted for a large sum of money every month by someone who was blackmailing them with a provocative image.

"And spare me the 'they're being extorted' thing.

"People have said, 'We were extorted for statehood.' OK, then, don't become a state".

They're being mistreated by militias, extorted for money, and many of those who ended up trying to leave were robbed at gunpoint.

The Malaysians were miffed at General Surayud's claim that funds were being raised for the insurgency by extorting money from restaurants selling Thai tom yum kung soup in Malaysia.Mr Thaksin dismissed the separatists as "bandits" and tried to crush them by military force.

Some think the money is being held back as a way of extorting support from state governments for the administration's energy reforms.

It's all a fucking lie and it's being exposed and I think maybe you guys maybe better run for the exits because people are finding out you've been extorting money and extorting Palestine for a century.

The refugees moving through the Republika Srpska were extorted at checkpoints and forced to pay extra for fuel and other services.

(He maintains that he was extorted).

"About $30 billion was extorted from this state.