Both Uses of
extortion
in
Bleak House
- I was afterwards convinced (and so was Ada) that from the illconditioned eldest child, these words extorted a sharp yell.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- Now I won't allude to conspiring to extort money or anything of that sort, because we are men and women of the world here, and our object is to make things pleasant.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(extortion) obtaining something by threat
or:
charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice