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Definition
obtaining something by threat
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charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice
or:
charging unfair prices of someone who has little choice
- "When we last spake together," said Hester, "now seven years ago, it was your pleasure to extort a promise of secrecy as touching the former relation betwixt yourself and me.Chapter 14 -- Hester and the Physician (37% in)
There are no more uses of "extortion" in The Scarlet Letter.
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