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Extorted

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Extorted meaning

simple past and past participle of extort

Example sentences (20)

Rivers State Police Command is confronted with an allegation that some of its top commanders extorted more than N84 million from a surveillance contractor, Mr. Atubi John Davison.

She also revealed that they had been extorted by local police earlier in the evening, after being pulled over on their way back from a local restaurant for allegedly rolling through a stop sign.

The victim also extorted money from the families of those accused of being resistance force members or CDM staff, the resistance group said.

Gaetz later revealed that he and his family were being extorted by Florida resident Stephen Alford, who attempted to secure $25 million from Gaetz’s father.

Meanwhile, the plan calls for more support for people living along Roosevelt Avenue to prevent people living in “abject poverty” from being extorted and sex-trafficked.

Most importantly, the “life sentences” last only until the next “prisoner exchange,” or rather, the next time Israel is extorted to trade terrorists for hostages.

Since it first emerged as a ransomware operation in late 2019, LockBit has become one of the world’s most prolific cybercrime gangs, targeting victims around the world and netting millions of dollars in extorted ransom payments.

They allegedly extorted ₹85,000 from the flower merchant, the official said.

They are repeatedly robbed and kidnapped by organized crime and systematically extorted by Mexican authorities, who in recent years have either tried to contain them in the south or return them there time and again until they exhaust their resources.

They waited until they got adopted and then they tried to extorted the adopted families.

Two police investigations are now happening concurrently: Prosper police are investigating Cowboys QB Dak Prescott’s claim he was extorted, and Dallas police are investigating a woman’s claim she was sexually assaulted in 2017.

Using this tool, users aren't extorted with the threat of a copyright takedown; the takedown occurs, which presumably makes extortion much easier.

In my few years as a Pastor, I have had members harrased and extorted by the Police.

MAC: There are several examples where they seem to to think that uncommon sexual activity like the escort would put people in a position of being extorted.

Spooked by his experience in jail, his family believes he was misled, or extorted, by people preying on his desperation to return home.

That sanction says that U.S. persons are not allowed to engage in any sort of transaction with any business or individual associated with Evil Corp—even if they are being extorted.

The agency alleged that the former senator, a critic of the APC government, extorted the money from Dauda to shield him from an ongoing criminal investigation, a allegation he vehemently denies.

The Kadugodi police have arrested an inter-State fraudster who allegedly kidnapped a hotel employee, kept him prisoner for a fortnight at his flat in Bengaluru, and extorted ₹48 lakh from his family in Haveri.

Impeachment Hearing Goes PublicDemocrats charge President Trump wanted dirt on a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, so they say he extorted Ukraine's president to get it.

It said he was arrested on the evening of April 26 along with documents and 1.5 million kyats that he had allegedly extorted from locals.