| NOUN | person | extortionist, blackmailer, extortioner | a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them |
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| Meaning | A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them. | |
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| Synonyms | blackmailer, extortioner | |
| Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
| Nouns | extortion | the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats / threats of violence) |
| extortion | unjust / unjust / unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority) | |