verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
try
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At first, she was threatened by local mafias, which tried to extort money.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For years the gang extorted money from local storekeepers.
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He sought to extort money by threatening to reveal secrets about his boss's private life.
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The Mafia makes most of its money from prostitution and extorting money from small businesses.
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The terrorist groups have been extorting hundreds of millions of dollars.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But he can not extort blessings here.
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He was arrested by police, who he said, planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe.
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It's not as if there was a stash of notes that he could extort from Stone and take away with him.
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Jackson, 22, was arrested earlier this year and charged with attempting to extort $ 40 million from Cosby.
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Lear pretends to be offering a gift, but is in fact extorting a bribe.
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Read in studio A bogus policeman has tried to abduct two children and to extort an on-the-spot fine from a driver.
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There isn't the money left in Deptford to extort .