Extortion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 221 anagrams from letters in extortion (einoorttx).
1250-1300; Middle English extorcion Late Latin extortiōn- (stem of extortiō). See extort, -ion
There are limits to the painting of banditry and extortion as the legitimate raising of taxes.
They have the means of extortion, and the power of enforcing payments.
And extortion makes a lot more sense before a story hits the news wire, not after.
There could be a number of potential crimes, not the least of which could be extortion.
Of all men, Mark Twain was the last one to countenance an extortion.
The possibility of extortion which this method makes possible is evident.
She refused to take a paternity test, and was eventually convicted of extortion and sentenced to 22 months in prison.
In order to raise it, they resorted to extortion and corruption.
But without any undignified murmurs, he submitted to this extortion also.
Did he participate in his own extortion and cancel his plans for a big Christmas premiere?
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