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antiextortion

antiextortion adjective: countering extortion.

Adjective

antiextortion (not comparable)

  1. Countering extortion.
    • In response, the federal authorities initiated a nationwide antiextortion program, including a national database to track protection rackets and a promise to protect all willing to formally complain about extortion practices.2010, Niels A. Uildriks, Mexico's Unrule of Law, page 226

Origin of antiextortion

From anti- + extortion.

Questions about antiextortion

What does antiextortion mean?
Antiextortion means countering extortion.
What part of speech is antiextortion?
Antiextortion is an adjective.

Words near antiextortion in the dictionary

  1. antiexposure
  2. antiexpressionist
  3. antiexpressive
  4. antiexpulsion
  5. antiextensive
  6. antiextortion
  7. antiextradition
  8. antiextreme
  9. antiextremes
  10. antiextremism
  11. antiextremist

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