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EXTORTIONIST

• EXTORTIONIST (noun)
The noun EXTORTIONIST has 1 sense:

1. a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

Familiarity information: EXTORTIONIST used as a noun is very rare.

• EXTORTIONIST (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blackmailer; extortioner; extortionist

Hypernyms ("extortionist" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime)

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