Sentence examples for use extortion from inspiring English sources

Only the leftists try to use extortion, pressure, threats to silence opposing voices.

In 2006, when a contributor to The Post's Page Six gossip column was accused of trying to use extortion against the investor Ronald W. Burkle, The Daily News named the scandal "Page Sick" and "Page Fix".

Romney, however, has not opposed Boehner's threat to use extortion to force austerity on the nation.

They use extortion, obstruction, and threats of tearing apart the social fabric in order to attain their maximum goals.

They use extortion, sexual violence against girls and women, threats, killings and forced recruitment of children to exercise control.

The Knights use extortion, kidnapping, and illegal mining as their main source of funds for the organization.

The Cat Protection League was a charity with no sinister overtones at all until McGough wrote this poem and gave us the image of protection-racket moggies using extortion on the neighbourhood doorsteps.

The suit accuses Mr. Deripaska and some associates of, among other things, using extortion and murder to gain control of a Russian aluminum plant.

He accused Mr. Montesinos of using extortion and bribery from his Peruvian jail cell to exert sweeping political influence in Peru.

The case is part of the wider Mafia Capitale scandal in which 46 people are accused of operating a crime group that used extortion, fraud and theft to divert millions of euros destined for public services into their own pockets.

"In the movie when Hoover says, 'Take off the white gloves,' what he means is, turn informants using extortion, round up innocent family members and make their lives miserable, set aside habeas corpus, be pre-emptive," he said.