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extortionous

extortionous adjective: committing extortion.

Adjective

extortionous (comparative more extortionous, superlative most extortionous)

  1. (obsolete) Committing extortion.

Forms of extortionous

comparativemore extortionous
superlativemost extortionous

Origin of extortionous

From extortion + -ous.

Questions about extortionous

What does extortionous mean?
Extortionous means committing extortion.
What part of speech is extortionous?
Extortionous is an adjective.

Words near extortionous in the dictionary

  1. extortionately
  2. extortioner
  3. extortioners
  4. extortionist
  5. extortionists
  6. extortionous
  7. extortions
  8. extortious
  9. extortive
  10. extortor
  11. extortors

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