Sentence examples for be extorted by the from inspiring English sources
America's blind obsession with "free markets" allows Americans to be extorted by the pharmaceutical and insurance industries: pay what we ask, or dare not to.
"When I turned 18 my family was extorted by the guerrillas," she said.
He compared himself at one point to those from whom confessions were extorted by the placement of heavy stones upon their chests.
The author of a article in Vanity Fair about the actor Steven Seagal's allegation that he was extorted by the Mafia has told the police that he was threatened at gunpoint last week in Los Angeles, the police said yesterday.
They are valid for one year, so if you bank on being extorted by the police at least once every two years (not unlikely, in some parts of the world), it's a reasonable investment.
Their legal strategy, coordinated by the same group of lawyers, is to claim they were extorted by the Kirchners into paying bribes.
And then the next day, you hear about the Ukrainian army blowing up some car because it tried to pass a roadblock without being extorted by the guards.
In the last few years, virtually anything that generates money in this western state of Mexico has ended up being extorted by the Knights Templar cartel.
"I hid in the jungles of Central America for weeks while being chased by an army representing a government that I had refused to be extorted by.
