Sentence examples for form of extortion from inspiring English sources

In fact, they simply practise a more institutionalised form of extortion.

Business groups called Milberg Weiss's lawsuits a legal form of extortion.

But threatening to report that someone has committed a crime can be considered a form of extortion.

Basra was essentially divided up among Shiite party mafias, each of which had its own form of extortion and corruption.

The moral outrage of politicians, aspiring politicians and the police, which is not always a form of extortion, is usually aimed at upper-class fun.

He then went on to disparage it, noting that Mr. Kim "is in the family business, like his daddy before him, and it's a form of extortion".

The Europol report also suggested the advent of new forms of extortion and blackmail through connected devices, including locking people out of their smart cars and homes before payment of a ransom.

Additional revenue comes from taxing farmers in both Syria and Iraq, and from various forms of extortion in the towns it controls, including levying jizya (tax) on Christians.IS's mission is to create its own caliphate, but until now many of its sources of revenue have depended on its host states.

The criminal threat, essentially a form of online extortion called ransomware, relied on malware that authorities believe was developed by the Russian-led gang.

What if instead of being bribed by wealthy interests, politicians are engaged in a form of legal extortion designed to extract campaign contributions?

This, after all, is the man who, with his partners at Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, has built a career on championing the shareholder lawsuit, a legal device that most American bosses see as a form of legalised extortion.