extortionist

noun

Definition of extortionistnext
as in gangster
a person who gets money from another by using force or threats tortured by a gang of extortionists into revealing the combination for the money vault

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  1. gangster
  2. thug
  3. racketeer
Noun
  • Many Japanese action films are too much about fantasy, either Yakuza [gangsters] or serial killers.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Tyler takes aim at the masks people wear to hide from their true selves, evoking a middle-class gangster and a closeted religious zealot.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of gangster
Noun
  • The climax, in which Dwight and his crew beat a group of nameless Chinese immigrant thugs into submission after they’re used as cannon fodder by Cal Thresher to sabotage Dwight’s wind turbines, is more important to the plot and even uglier.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Like other Diablo games, Hades would support cooperative multiplayer, but in the Arkham games, groups of thugs would circle around the Dark Knight, comic-book style, waiting to be punched in the face.
    Jason Schreier, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of thug
Noun
  • Oh yeah, this relationship with this 38-year-old racketeer is so beautiful.
    Michael Cuby, Them, 1 Aug. 2024
  • While President Herbert Hoover had waged a war against kidnappers and racketeers, Roosevelt amplified the effort dramatically, pushed it in new directions, and overcame the jurisdictional, racial, partisan, and class divisions that had previously obstructed the law-and-order state.
    Anthony Gregory / Made by History, TIME, 23 July 2024
Definition of racketeer
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