Sentence examples for extortionate level from inspiring English sources
"We have been seeing a rapid increase in such modifications being carried out," says Andreas Haltermann of the Tenants' Alliance, "primarily so landlords can increase the rent – sometimes to an extortionate level – with the intention of pushing existing residents out, so they can either sell the flat or rent it out at a much higher rate".
In July, Bigod and Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Constable of England, drew up a series of complaints known as the Remonstrances, in which objections to the extortionate level of taxation were voiced.
Fighting through the general fug, facts come at you fast: rent was extortionate, levels of gender inequality would make the average Twitter feminist keel over.
Having tried to raise taxes on agricultural exports to extortionate levels, she turned the resulting dispute with angry farmers into a trial of strength which she lost.
In New York and other progressive states, the authorities require insurers to offer coverage to people with preëxisting conditions, but that has simply forced up the prices of individual plans to extortionate levels.
In China's underground lending market, the most sensitive indicator of credit conditions, kerbside rates have reached extortionate levels of as much as 6% a month (see our report from Wenzhou).
Extortion of logging truck drivers by reporters has reached such a level that the Cambodian government has begun cracking down on extortionate journalists while turning a blind eye to the timber transporters themselves.
Smugglers charge extortionate prices to cram hordes of people into old and unsafe fishing vessels, knowing their passengers will accept any level of risk in the desperation to escape their homelands.
The interviewer suggested that part of the reason why housing prices were rising beyond the affordable level in London was that the super-rich were buying up all the property in central areas for extortionate amounts.
O'Brien suggested that part of the reason why housing prices were rising beyond the affordable level in London was that the super-rich were buying up all the property in central areas for extortionate amounts.
