Sentence examples for extorted from from inspiring English sources

Goguen is meanwhile seeking "compensation for all damages and losses caused by Ms. Baptiste's extortion, including but not limited to return of the $10 million she extorted from him".

"About $30 billion was extorted from this state.

ETA came to rely financially on robberies, kidnappings, and "revolutionary taxes" extorted from businessmen.

"About $30 billion was extorted from this state," Gray Davis, California's governor, said last week.

The nation's richest taxpayers just got a windfall in the federal tax deal extorted from President Obama by Republican senators.

In Iraq, the money that IS extorted from contractors, businesses and institutions ultimately derived from the expenditure of the central government in Baghdad.

So the gunmen have switched to extorting from oil companies rather than mayors.

There is a suspicion that the maras may be letting businesses recover, the better to extort from them later.

Groups such as the Richardsons, who were based in south London, and the Krays, in east London, mostly made their money extorting from local businesses and petty criminals.

Sometimes Zapata assembled thousands of men; he paid them by imposing taxes on the provincial cities and extorting from the rich.

And let us not forget the grotesque seat licenses our two friendly football teams are extorting from loyal fans for the new stadium in New Jersey.