extortionate Maksud & Definisi

Contoh extortionate

• Many pensions carry extortionate charges and are often inflexible.

• When out-of-state companies invested in irrigation systems, they set extortionate rates for water.

• He also justifies his stance on economic grounds by alluding to extortionate policies by the colonial power, which also affected his large clientele.

• However, her extortionate rule and the expansion of her relatives' power stirred up much animosity.

• Their reluctance was reinforced by the popular belief that trading on the black market, unless done at extortionate rates, was not a crime, whatever the legal code said.

• Would a settler on one of the public tracts have access to water from a railroad tract, or might the railroad sell the water at extortionate prices?

• I have already said that it is most difficult for the law courts to say when extortionate rents are being exacted.

• Would he look at this again and make those county councils which have demanded this extortionate blackmail hand back their ill-gotten gains?