Both Uses of
extortion
in
Catch-22
- He was a proud and independent man who was opposed to unemployment insurance and never hesitated to whine, whimper, wheedle, and extort for as much as he could get from whomever he could.†
Chpt 9 *
- Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(extortion) obtaining something by threat
or:
charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice