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   Ex·tor·tion·ate

   /ikˈstôrSH(ə)nət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a price) much too high; exorbitant: "extortionate ticket prices" Similar exorbitantexcessively highexcessivesky-highoutrageouspreposterousimmoderateunreasonableinordinateprohibitiveruinouspunitiveinflatedmore than one can affordover the oddsinformal:criminalsteepstiffover the topOTTOpposite reasonable
   • 2. using or given to extortion: "the extortionate power of the unions" Similar graspingbloodsuckingavariciousgreedyrapaciouspredatoryusuriousexactingharshsevererigoroushardoppressiveinformal:money-grubbinggrabby

   Derivatives

   • 1. extortionately adverb

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