Sentence examples for extortions to from inspiring English sources

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

In fact, one Gambino crime family figure became so comfortable with the protest leader that he spoke openly--during ten wired face-to-face meetings--about a wide range of mob business, from shylocking and extortions to death threats and the sanity of Vincent "Chin" Gigante, the Genovese boss who long feigned mental illness in a bid to deflect law enforcement scrutiny.

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

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

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

We may just lead the nation in the number of elected officials sent to prison on any number of convictions, from extortion to steering contracts to favoured contractors.

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.

"He seeks through the use of systematic extortion to coerce the contribution of millions of dollars to Republicans and to intimidate those inclined to support Democrats".

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.