Sentence examples for while extorting from inspiring English sources

The grim discoveries are shedding new light on the hidden network of jungle camps run by traffickers, who have for years held countless desperate people captive while extorting ransoms from their families.

Exxon Mobil has fought and lobbied to continue America's dependency on oil, while extorting Americans' dependency on foreign oil.

As an only ally, they keep the Iranians on a short political leash, while extorting horrendous prices for the nuclear fuel services they provide.

The guerrillas have access to money, and can even send cash back to their families: they have a steady coke-for-money or arms business going on -- while also stealing, extorting and killing for a percentage of their income.

She was forced to listen to him being tortured down a phone line while they extorted her.

But factory jobs back home were drying up, Mr. Espinoza said, while gangs roamed, kidnapping and extorting at will.

He was, in fact, convicted in 1991 of extorting money from developers while he was mayor of Hialeah.

Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards of Louisiana may remain free while he appeals his conviction for extorting applicants for riverboat casino licenses, a federal appeals court ruled today.

A mistrial was declared after all but 1 of 12 jurors told a federal judge that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the 24 felony charges of public corruption against Robert E. Vigil, who is accused of extorting kickbacks from investment counselors while he served as state treasurer from 2003 to 2005.

practically the North's sole trade partner, is extorting them for its own goods while underpaying for the DPRK's.

The ELN has refused to stop taking hostages for ransom, launching bomb attacks and extorting foreign oil and mining companies while talks are ongoing.