Sentence examples for extortionate person from inspiring English sources

Definition 2: A person who behaves in a manner formerly attributed to Jews; a grasping or extortionate person".

"Jew" as a term of opprobrium, denoting "a grasping or extortionate person," is traced in meticulous detail to the early 17th century.

Most Londoners will know someone suffering from the extortionate expense of finding a place to live.

This is extortionate.

But private renting is extortionate".

Taxes have become extortionate in some countries.

Katherine Ogilive thought graduation was "absolutely extortionate.

There are signs this extortionate practice is about to change.

Perhaps the extortionate fees are not all bad.

Ticket prices, seemingly once so extortionate, are now a bargain.

That's just extortionate – it's guilt money.