Sentence examples for through extortion from inspiring English sources

Some ex-insurgents prosper through extortion, crushing businesses.

It derives much of its wealth from within Iraq itself through extortion, looting, and oil smuggling.

They pay off corrupt public officials and exercise power through extortion, fear and brutal violence.

"Isis is trying to get more hard cash through extortion of the local population," Stringer said.

If they didn't win the bid, they would take their share through extortion.

Rebels supposedly struggling for local self-rule or a juster society may be enriching themselves through extortion and kidnapping.

For nearly a decade, Mr. Bay contemplated a dark comic caper based on the real-life exploits of Miami bodybuilders who fumbled their way through extortions, kidnappings and murders.

Through threats, extortion and public shaming, the group attempts to enforce political, ideological and linguistic purity.

The first was elected and the second imposes itself through kidnappings, extortion, disappearances, bullets and death".

The FARC makes money through kidnapping, extortion and the lucrative drug trade.

During last decade's Sunni insurgency, al-Qaeda in Iraq made millions from the refinery through an extortion and smuggling racket.