extortioner
121vampire — n. 1. Parasite, bloodsucker. 2. Extortioner, vulture. 3. (Zool.) Vampire bat (Vampirus spectrum) …
122screw — I. n. Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, skinflint, extortioner, churl, codger, scrimp, hunks, lickpenny, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean fellow. II. v. a. 1. Wrench, squeeze, press, twist, force. 2. Rack, raise extortionately, oppress. 3. Distort …
123extort — verb (T) to illegally force someone to give you money by threatening them: extort money from/out of sb: Landlords tried to cover their losses by extorting high rents from tenants. extortion noun (U): Confessions were obtained by extortion.… …
124criminal — adj 1. felonious, larcenous, homicidal, murderous, burglarious; unlawful, illegal, lawless, illicit, law breaking; delinquent, derelict; malfeasant, misfeasant. 2. nefarious, iniquitous, wicked, flagitious; evil, immoral, sinful, unrighteous,… …
125extortionist — n extortioner, blackmailer, shakedown artist; bloodsucker, Sl. bleeder, leech, vampire, vulture; exacter, wrester, wrencher, wringer; rack renter …
126felon — n 1. larcener, larcenist, malfeasant, mis feasor, perjurer; lawbreaker, criminal, convict, Sl. jailbird, parolee; ex convict, Inf. ex con, recidivist, repeat offender, Inf. chronic crook; transgressor, trespasser, offender, culprit, miscreant;… …
127gangster — n 1. mobster, racketeer, mafioso, desperado, terrorist; thug, tough, mugger, ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Inf. goon, hooligan, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. gunsel, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin, Brit. Hist.Mohock, (in… …
128leech — n 1. bloodsucker, Sl. bleeder, extortioner, extortionist, usurer, Shylock. 2. parasite, Inf. sponge or sponger, Sl. mooch or moocher, Inf. freeloader, hanger on, barnacle, bur, appendage; courtier, minion, follower, attendant, satellite; flunky,… …
