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  • 11extortion — ex|tor|tion [ ık stɔrʃn ] noun uncount a crime in which someone gets money or information using force or threats ╾ ex|tor|tion|ist noun count …

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  • 12extortion — [ɪkˈstɔːʃ(ə)n] noun [U] a crime of getting money or information from someone by using force or threats extortionist noun [C] …

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  • 13blackmail —    extortion by threats    Mail was a tribute or tax, becoming black when paid by a Lowland Scot to a Highlander:     And what is black mail? A sort of protection money that Low country gentlemen... pay to some Highland chief that he may neither… …

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  • 16Pleasant Valley (town), New York — Pleasant Valley is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 9,066 at the 2000 census.The Town of Pleasant Valley is centrally located in the county, northeast of the City of Poughkeepsie. US Route 44 passes through… …

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  • 18Santangelo v. RIAA — Elektra v. Santangelo (2005) was a case heard before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, filed by Elektra Entertainment Group as one of approximately 13,000 lawsuits that the Recording Industry Association of… …

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  • 19blackmail — n. 1. Tribute (paid for immunity from robbery), brigand tax. 2. Hush money, bribe to keep silence. 3. Extortion by threats …

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  • 20concussio — /kat)kash(iy)ow/ In the civil law, the offense of extortion by threats of violence …

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