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EXTORTIONER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extortioner mean?
• EXTORTIONER (noun)
The noun EXTORTIONER has 1 sense:
1. a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
Familiarity information: EXTORTIONER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
blackmailer; extortioner; extortionist
Hypernyms ("extortioner" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
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