Sentence examples for extortionate practice from inspiring English sources
There are signs this extortionate practice is about to change.
To the extent that Prime Video gets popular, Amazon will soon be facing this extortionate practice itself.
Despite tribal elders' pushing to limit bride price to 250,000 Afs (almost $2,000), the extortionate practice continues unimpeded.
The minority of people who were prospering in Crimea nevertheless complained about the extortionate practices of the government.
The report found that these problems were "not a consequence of probation privatization per se" but what comes to pass when "public officials allow probation companies to profit by extracting fees directly from probationers, and then fail to exercise the kind of oversight needed to protect probationers from abusive and extortionate practices".
A dozen current and former workers at one of Chinatown's largest restaurants have taken the novel step of suing its management under a federal anti-racketeering law for what they call extortionate practices that they say deprived employees of their pay and sought to break their union.
Thanks to centuries of experience, Catholic theologians and canonists, in dialogue with Christian merchants, eventually crafted a body of doctrine that accommodated the taking of moderate interest, while condemning sharp and extortionate practices.
According to the suit, plaintiffs are seeking financial relief against a particular payday lender that partnered with Think Finance to avoid state anti-usury laws and that has "taken advantage of people who are struggling financially by charging extortionate interest rates and engaging in illegal lending practices," it states.
It is apparently an accepted practice in Indonesia to allow promoters to charge extortionate amounts for such events.
That triggered a national debate on the practices of those lenders, and helped lead to reforms such as a cap on extortionate interest rates.
