adjective
- characterized by or involving extortion; obtained or exacted by force, threats, or illegal means
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The landlord's extortive rent demands left tenants with no choice but to pay or leave.
- The criminal gang used extortive tactics to control local businesses.
- Authorities investigated the company for extortive pricing practices.
- The extortive nature of the contract made it unenforceable in court.
- He refused to submit to the extortive demands of the corrupt official.
- The regime employed extortive taxation to suppress dissent.