"extortionist" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-extortionist.wav [US] Forms: extortionists [plural]
Etymology: extortion + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|extortion|ist}} extortion + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} extortionist (plural extortionists)
  1. Someone who extorts; an extortioner. Categories (topical): People Derived forms: cyberextortionist, sextortionist Translations (someone who extorts): դրամաշորթ (dramašortʻ) (Armenian), 強奪者 (Chinese Mandarin), 强夺者 (qiángduózhě) (Chinese Mandarin), kiristäjä (Finnish), extorqueur [masculine] (French), extorqueuse [feminine] (French), extorsionador [masculine] (Galician), extorsionadora [feminine] (Galician), Erpresser [masculine] (German), Erpresserin [feminine] (German), εκβιαστής (ekviastís) [masculine] (Greek), εκβιάστρια (ekviástria) [feminine] (Greek), taglieggiatore [masculine] (Italian), 強要者 (kyōyōsha) (alt: きょうようしゃ) (Japanese), extortor [masculine] (Latin), вымога́тель (vymogátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), вымога́тельница (vymogátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), extorsionista [common-gender] (Spanish), extorsionador [masculine] (Spanish), extorsionadora [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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