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“Extortionate property prices mean tiny apartments and a phenomenal work ethic, and the galleries and art fair are seen to belong to an elite middle class rather than the masses.”
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“Extortionate and non-negotiable demands for settlement are made before and after litigation is commenced, but defendants who have the temerity to defend themselves or refuse to implicate others are somehow blameworthy, and they are expected to cooperate fully or be sanctioned if they don ` t.”
“Duped into Debt: Extortionate amounts of money are taken for hidden costs without the tenant knowing, such as fees for a tenancy inspection which the landlords "forget" to tell tenants about, immediately putting people into arrears.”
“Extortionate and non-negotiable demands for settlement are made before and after litigation is commenced, but defendants who have the temerity to defend themselves or refuse to implicate others are somehow blameworthy, and they are expected to cooperate fully or be sanctioned if they don`t.”
“Extortionate prices – averaging four times the price of a domestic call – are now being curbed.”
“Extortionate prices were charged at stores and cafes.”
“Extortionate fees was perhaps the greatest grievance of all.”
“He had no better words for the Innkeepers, Merchants, and others who attended him, than to call them a parcel of Extortionate Thieves, and to vow that they were all in a conspiracy for robbing and bringing him to the Poor House.”
“Father of the Room, would on this Bare Pittance take tithe and toll, often in a most Extortionate manner.”
“Extortionate or not extortionate, we are not slaves, as some poor fellows are," said Ben, glancing at the boat's crew; "if we don't do what you want for love, we are not going to do it for money, so you may just carry your portmanteaus yourselves.”
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