Extortioner
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One who practises extortion; specifically, one who obtains excessive prices, rent, interest, etc., by means of monopoly or some other advantage.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One who practices extortion; an extortionist.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
someone who
extorts
; an
extortionist
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
Word Usage
"That they should not long need their kindness, or be troublesome to them: For the extortioner is almost at an end already, and the spoiler ceases."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
criminal
crook
felon
malefactor
outlaw
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
backbiting
blackleg
blasphemer
bookmaker
ceaseth
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
Harpy
bloodsucker
caterpillar
exacter
extortionist