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Extortion

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

An unlawful or violent wringing of money or money's worth from any man; the offense of taking, by color of ofl Bce, any money, or thing of value that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.