Word: extortionate
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In a move to check corruption in handling military supplies, a five-man military tribunal sentenced to death three high officers in the Chungking supply service: Major General Liang Lin (former mayor of Changsha), Major General Huang Yao, Colonel Pao Yunfei. Liang was convicted of "stealing military materials and of...
But both began showing signs of nervousness as the jury stayed out, hour after hour. And when the court finally read the verdict, Joe Fay and James Bove looked pale and sick. The verdict: guilty of extortion and conspiracy; maximum possible penalty: 18 years in prison.
But Agata had other ideas. When her father was deported for rubbing out a rival, she took charge of his gang, whose activities included bank robbery, kidnapping, blackmail, extortion. Soon she muscled in on the Rosario race track, cleaned up by fixing the races. With her head triggerman, Arturo Placeres...
Question: What about Blackmailer Bioff's own 1941 trial for extortion?
Thus, after two thoughtful years in jail, wily Willie last week recalled with regret the old easy-come blackmail days. The defense attorney for Willie's eight ex-pals attempted to show that Hollywood's czars were as unprincipled about paying out the big money as Willie and...