Sentence examples for extortion to from inspiring English sources

Opposition leaders accused Mr. Montesinos of using blackmail and extortion to manipulate the vote.

"Raider" attacks, in which regime-connected businessmen deploy extortion to literally steal other people's businesses, are notorious.

"We were able to disrupt extortion to a degree," he said, acknowledging that attention from the state quickly faded.

Earlier in his presidency, Mr. Obama made the catastrophic mistake — in the face of just this sort of extortion — to believe in Mr. Boehner's willingness to be reasonable.

All well and good, but what is reasonable to the owner might seem like extortion to the licensee, depending on the price.

According to The Politico, "many C.E.O.'s" used the term "extortion" to describe "the annual shakedowns by committee chairmen with jurisdiction over their industries".

Zardari has no university degree and spent eleven years in prison on various charges ranging from corruption and extortion to murder.

He was among the most powerful members of the secretariat, defending the group's use of abductions and extortion to finance its activities.

Here as elsewhere, they're turning to extortion — threatening to filibuster the appointment of Richard Cordray, the bureau's acting head, and thereby leave the bureau unable to function.

QUESTION FROM KATHLEEN DIXON DONNELLY: I'm fascinated by these extortions to 'us' to learn to live with austerity.

Her father was forced to pay extortion money to one of the gangs — she wouldn't say which one.