EXTORTIONIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extortionist mean? 

• EXTORTIONIST (noun)
  The noun EXTORTIONIST has 1 sense:

1. a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

  Familiarity information: EXTORTIONIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTORTIONIST (noun)

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 ("extortionist" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Derivation:

extortion (the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence))

extortion (unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority))