How do you use Extorting in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Extorting meaning
present participle and gerund of extort
Using Extorting
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of extort
- In the example corpus, extorting often appears in combinations such as: extorting money, of extorting, for extorting.
Context around Extorting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Extorting
- In this selection, "extorting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, allegedly, begun, individual, money, georgia and victims stand out and add context to how "extorting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aim of extorting money from and aimed at extorting money from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "extorting" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with extorting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Trackers Alliance – Extorting or bribing a bounty target is no longer a guaranteed success. (14 words)
Arizona man sentenced for extorting Georgia Tech after falsely accusing basketball coach of sexual assaultaol. (15 words)
Cases of extrajudicial killings involving military officers allegedly extorting transport workers have been recorded in the past. (17 words)
In addition, it has been the experience of the authors that more often than not, expatriate clients have complained about police officers coming up with scrupulous and scandalous petitions with the singular aim of extorting money from them. (38 words)
There are many types of ransomware, including not only holding data hostage, but also systems, and even extorting businesses with things like the threat of release of intellectual property, or re-enabling critical business systems. (35 words)
He was convicted of extorting Nike and of committing “honest services fraud” against Mr Franklin – where someone in a position of authority deprives a client or constituent of his right to honest services. (33 words)
How does robbing, beating, extorting and destroying people’s property constitute, by any stretch of the imagination, justice for these boys? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
An inquest jury earlier this year heard that before Chan died she’d had relationships with two senior officers and accused one of them of extorting her to continue a sexual relationship.
Arizona man sentenced for extorting Georgia Tech after falsely accusing basketball coach of sexual assaultaol.
In addition, it has been the experience of the authors that more often than not, expatriate clients have complained about police officers coming up with scrupulous and scandalous petitions with the singular aim of extorting money from them.
On Saturday, BleepingComputer that the group had begun extorting victims of the GoAnywhere attacks through adding the names of alleged victims to its data leak website.
The jury heard that before Chan’s death, she accused one of the two officers of extorting her to continue a sexual relationship.
The operation was carried out in conjunction with Europol, and targeted a criminal organisation called Ragnar Locker, which specialises in extorting firms by taking control of their computer systems and data.
According to McElmurry, “The online relationship with the individual extorting him began in February of 2022 when the individual, who would later become his stalker, was 19 years old.
Cases of extrajudicial killings involving military officers allegedly extorting transport workers have been recorded in the past.
He was convicted of extorting Nike and of committing “honest services fraud” against Mr Franklin – where someone in a position of authority deprives a client or constituent of his right to honest services.
The lawsuit against Mr Buzbee claims the Houston attorney follows a “clear playbook” for extorting celebrities involving fabricating allegations and demanding letters seeking payment.
The Police Command in Rivers has suspended two officers and dismissed another from the Force for allegedly extorting 3,000 US dollars from two persons at gunpoint.
They didn’t make this argument explicitly, but they were leaning into the idea that these two were just freelancing and that Davidson was essentially extorting Trump.
Those on both the Kuki-zo and Meitei and sides, including the state’s small Muslim Meitei minority, also accused militants of visiting homes and extorting billions of rupees from locals at gunpoint.
Trackers Alliance – Extorting or bribing a bounty target is no longer a guaranteed success.
How does robbing, beating, extorting and destroying people’s property constitute, by any stretch of the imagination, justice for these boys?
On Tuesday, residents of Mauna residential area in Juba accused men in uniform of terrorizing and extorting money from them at night.
Police are warning Montrealers about a new phone scam that is aimed at extorting money from citizens.
There are many types of ransomware, including not only holding data hostage, but also systems, and even extorting businesses with things like the threat of release of intellectual property, or re-enabling critical business systems.
The same couldn't be said for Tom, who's often criticized for extorting players for money.
Yakani told Eye Radio that the organized forces should not take advantage by beating, harassing, or extorting money from the public.
Common combinations with extorting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- extorting money 14×
- of extorting 10×
- for extorting 6×
- and extorting 6×
- allegedly extorting 4×
- were extorting 4×
- extorting the 3×
- extorting her 2×
- extorting and 2×
- at extorting 2×