Extortion
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Meaning of Extortion
The offense committed by one in authority , by color of his office , by unlawfully taking any money or more than is lawfully due from another.
Extortion Alternative Definition
The unlawful taking by any officer, by coldr of his office, qf any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. 4 Bl. Comm. 141; 1 Hawk. P. C. c. 68, § 1; 1 Russ. Crimes, 144., 7 Pick. (Mass.) 279; 3 Ind. 93; 107 N. C. 921. In a large sense, the term includes any injury under color of right; but it is generally and constantly used in the more limited technical sense above given; while "oppression" is used to signify injuries other than the extortion of things of value committed under color of ofSce.
Synonyms of Extortion
noun
blackmail
coercion
compulsion
corrupt demanding
exaction
exaction by oppression
illegal compulsion
obtaining by force
obtaining by threat
oppression
oppressive exaction
rapaciousness
rapacity
res repetundae
taking by undue exercise of power
unlawful taking
wrenching
wresting
wresting money by force
wringing
wrongful exaction Associated Concepts: kidnapping foreign phrases: Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum
vel supra debitum
vel ante tempus quod est debitum
Extortion is a crime when anyone under color of office extorts that which is not due
or more than is due
or before the time when it is due
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Translation of Extortion , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Extorsión and other legal terms is available here.
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English Legal System: Extortion
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Extortion:
A common-law offence committed by a public officer who uses his position to take money or any other benefit that is not due to him. If he obtains the benefit by means of menaces, this may also amount to blackmail.
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