Word: extortionate
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Vasiljevic says he fled Yugoslavia to escape extortion threats from what he calls the "communist mafia regime" in Belgrade. He says the government demanded more than $1 million in taxes that he had already paid, and has since seized $31 million worth of gasoline that he owned. "I left the...
But just what kind of a choice is that? When women are desperate for money to help raise their children, the carrot of increased benefits for using Norplant becomes a stick, and choice becomes coercion, even extortion.
The attempt by the warlords to dismantle Mogadishu's green line was intended to show the world that they can resolve their differences without outside intervention. Western observers believe a gradual reconciliation among Somalia's warring clans would be an essential prelude to the restoration of some form of responsible...
It takes a Scrooge to say so out loud, but America's regional theaters have become sickly dependent on A Christmas Carol. Dozens of troupes mount Dickens' sentimental fantasy year after year -- using at least 20 different adaptations, most by artistic directors yearning to be credited as authors -- with ever...
On Nov. 7, a seven-week FBI investigation ended with Wachtler, 62, under arrest for blackmail and attempted extortion. He is accused of bombarding his ex-mistress Joy Silverman, 45, a wealthy Republican fund raiser, with a lengthy series of anonymous letters and phone calls that included a demand for...