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Definition of "extortionate" []

  • Characterized by extortion. (adjective)
  • Exorbitant; immoderate: extortionate interest rates. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "extortionate" in a sentence
  • "Ms Stern was forced out after she voiced strong internal objections to the volte-face and the deal, calling it "extortionate", "outrageous" and "against the public interest"."
  • "It accuses him of charging "extortionate" prices for his multivitamin tablets."
  • "Generally, do conductors and big-name singers really need to be paid the kind of extortionate fees that they demand orchestral musicians suffer freezes on their already low pay because of these greedy windbags."