Synonyms:
extortion
Meaning: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
Synonyms:
extortion
Meaning: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"
Synonyms:
extortion
Meaning: an exorbitant charge
Usage examples
So there were in the country two knights that were brethren, and they were called two perilous knights, the one knight hight Sir Edward of the Red Castle, and the other Sir Hue of the Red Castle; and these two brethren had disherited the Lady of the Rock of a barony of lands by their extortion.