extortions

The fidelity of the Hebrews to the cause represented by Kossuth and his associates, and defended by the entire nation, is as well known as the extortions with which the butcher Haynau attempted to punish their patriotism.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Various

His extortions were the more resented since he kept no order; the environs of the city swarmed with brigands and footpads, and kidnappers were allowed to work their will inside the city.

Medieval Europe 1901

On the other hand, it would be unjust to leave unnoticed the passage, at once powerful and touching, in the so-called "Parson's Tale" (the sermon which closes the "Canterbury Tales" as Chaucer left them), in which certain lords are reproached for taking of their bondmen amercements, "which might more reasonably be called extortions than amercements," while lords in general are commanded to be good to their thralls (serfs), because "those that they clept thralls, be God's people; for humble folks be Christ's friends; they be contubernially with the Lord."

Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880

What irked the farmer most in connection with these "extortions" was that the middleman seemed to be a nonproducer,

The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics 1923

Bindon, of whose 'extortions' and 'poisoning of his wife' Ralegh takes merit to himself for not having spoken.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

P. 288, l. 25, for 'extortions' read 'extra horses.'

The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872

The idea is that if there are multiple unions, each union has an incentive to try to extort rather than concede, even though the combined extortions bankrupt the company.

The Airline Union Game, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

These requirements and extortions explicitly violate prohibitions of the World Trade Organization.

Robert Kuttner: American Policy Made in China Robert Kuttner 2011

These requirements and extortions explicitly violate prohibitions of the World Trade Organization.

Robert Kuttner: American Policy Made in China Robert Kuttner 2011

The group began after defectors from the Mexican Special Forces took up arms to defend the country's Gulf Cartel, only to break away last year into a criminal organization of their own that mixes drug trafficking with extortions, kidnappings and assassination.

Mexican Drug War Spills to Neighbor Nicholas Casey 2011