Sentence examples for can extort from inspiring English sources

(In Orthodoxy, only men can enact a divorce, so in contested divorces husbands can extort money, or favorable custody arrangements).

The problem with the new order is greed — the assumption that Talent deserves whatever it can extort.

"They're just trying to essentially leverage and hijack somebody else's idea and see if they can extort some money out of them".

At times it seems that Mr. Samek will not take a smile when he can extort a hoot, but that is not much of a fault.

They want that threat to recur, as often as possible, so that they can extort their political goals out of the Democrats in the Senate and the White House.

In the apt summary of President Obama, who on Tuesday announced a plan to stave off frivolous patent litigation, trolls just want to "hijack somebody else's idea and see if they can extort some money".

One of the game's innovations is that, in addition to killing opponents, you can also wound them by shooting them in the kneecaps or shoulders — and if you only wound them you can still extort money from them, and thereby advance in the game.

Why not close the Ministry of Development completely so it can not extort favors for permits?

And they don't want to have one big check where they can be extorted.

But others have found even more rules that they can use to extort money from hapless firms and individuals.

Down the chain, the mayor of a small town can attempt to extort a few kopecks from the owner of a local ice cream parlor or car mechanic if the latter is not already under criminal or police protection.