The exorbitant amount Riley was being sued for only reinforced public opinion that Riley had been mistreated by his partners, and helped him maintain his image.
Barack Obama's intervention in the EU referendum debate is a "piece of outrageous and exorbitant hypocrisy", Boris Johnson has claimed.
A theatrical audio guide tells of the then-exorbitant castle construction costs, £1,413, and stokes the legend of a hirsute merman caught in a local fisherman's net and imprisoned in the castle dungeon in the 12th century.
"The prices are exorbitant," said David Westin, the president of ABC News.
Told that he has to subsidize mob-controlled prostitutes at his restaurant for an exorbitant fee, Randy wearily raises no-win questions about the fairness of the deal.
His pay has never been exorbitant, but Gary's persistence and loyalty to the same company for decades means that, including workplace benefits, his income just broaches £40,000.
"We have been unable to identify what, if any, 'reasonably equivalent value' the Company received in exchanges for these exorbitant fees," Michael Stamer, a lawyer for the unsecured creditors committee, wrote to Bain's lawyers.
But even Stevens' exorbitant compensation package could not top Northrop Grumman's Wesley G. Bush, whose compensation package in 2011 exceeded $26 million.
Mr. Moore has been a compelling media figure since his 1989 documentary, Roger and Me, which poked exorbitant fun at Roger Smith, then Chairman of General Motors.
But the cost was $1,200 a month, an exorbitant sum for Ms. Serrano and her mother.
"They would save their customers even more money if they waived their exorbitant fees," said Keith Pilkington, an executive vice president of Amalgamated Bank.
