Sentence examples for commit extortion from inspiring English sources

Complaints charge the men with conspiracy to commit extortion.

Harry "didn't want to commit extortion if he could avoid it," Fields writes.

Mr. Prisco, Mr. Visconti and Mr. Cappelli were charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, prosecutors said.

Among the charges are conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

The time led to charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

Today, the federal government charged Mr. Muhammad with using murder as a way to commit extortion across state lines.

Officials investigated the claim that Ms. Grigorieva had committed extortion, but did not charge her.

It is awaiting the results of a separate sheriff's investigation into Mr. Gibson's contention that Ms. Grigorieva committed extortion by threatening to go public with embarrassing recordings if he did not meet her terms.

The Court is surely correct that there is sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict that Evans committed "extortion" under the Court's expansive interpretation of the crime.

The charges were detailed in a two-count indictment that accused him of committing extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act — which outlaws the obstruction of commerce "by robbery or extortion" — and of "embezzling the assets of a labor organization".

The consent decree was initiated in 2001 after a decade that included episodes like the Rodney King beating in 1991 and the Rampart corruption scandal, which involved police officers stealing illegal drugs, framing gang members and committing extortion.