Both Uses of
extortion
in
Gone with the Wind
- Of course, you can tell Miss Pitty that you gave me a sample of taffeta and green silk and drew a picture of the bonnet and I extorted fifty dollars from you for it.†
Chpt 2.13 *
- Sometimes he listened with dignified interest to details of her businesses, nodding approval at her sagacity, and at other times he called her somewhat dubious tradings scavenging, highway robbery and extortion.†
Chpt 5.48
Definition:
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(extortion) obtaining something by threat
or:
charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice