268 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɛkstˈɔːʃən], [ ɛkstˈɔːʃən], [ ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɔː_ʃ_ə_n]

Similar words for extortion:

• act (noun)
• blackmail; cheating (noun)
• corruption (noun)
• exaction (noun)
• extortion (noun)
• force (noun)
• fraud (noun)
• hush money (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• racket (noun)
• scam (noun)
• swindle (noun)
• theft (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• overcharge (verb)
• other synonyms
• bribe
• other relevant words (noun)

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Synonyms for Extortion:

• n.

  •
  • corruption,
  • coercion,
  • shakedown,
  • break in,
  • hold up.
  • act (noun)
  • extortion.
  • blackmail; cheating (noun)
  • bite,
  • oppression,
  • compulsion,
  • payoff,
  • stealing,
  • arm,
  • badger,
  • pressure,
  • shake,
  • payola,
  • squeeze,
  • theft,
  • rapacity,
  • demand.
  • corruption (noun)
  • de moralizations,
  • mis-representation,
  • mis representation,
  • on take,
  • breach trust,
  • shady deals,
  • mis representations,
  • jobberies,
  • mis-representations,
  • unscrupulousnesses,
  • de-moralizations,
  • un-scrupulousness,
  • un-scrupulousnesses,
  • fraudulencies,
  • un scrupulousness,
  • de moralization,
  • fiddlings,
  • de-moralization,
  • profiteerings,
  • un scrupulousnesses,
  • bribings.
  • exaction (noun)
  • ex action,
  • re-quests,
  • ex-action,
  • re quests,
  • ex-actions,
  • ex actions.
  • extortion (noun)
  • Milking,
  • racketeering.
  • force (noun)
  • constrait,
  • what takes,
  • subjections,
  • dynamisms,
  • horsepowers,
  • what it take,
  • constraits,
  • what take,
  • full head steam.
  • fraud (noun)
  • bamboozlements,
  • dupings,
  • hocus pocus,
  • fast ones,
  • song dance,
  • swindlings,
  • fast shuffles,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • fraudulences,
  • barratries,
  • hankypanky,
  • fourberies,
  • doubledealing,
  • sharp practices,
  • duperies.
  • hush money (noun)
  • hush-money.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • exploitation,
  • nepotism,
  • what it takes,
  • stimulus,
  • force,
  • knavery,
  • Hanky Panky,
  • fast one,
  • bamboozlement,
  • profiteering,
  • Knaveries,
  • blackmail,
  • fraudulence,
  • scam,
  • horsepower,
  • grift,
  • breach of trust,
  • subjection,
  • fast shuffle,
  • jobbery,
  • double cross,
  • frame-up,
  • sharp practice,
  • shady deal,
  • bribery,
  • Fraudulency,
  • frame up,
  • frame-ups,
  • ripoff,
  • lawlessness,
  • dupery,
  • racket,
  • Briberies,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • chicanes,
  • illicit scheme,
  • full head of steam,
  • villainousness,
  • underworld,
  • pow,
  • fraud,
  • POWS,
  • Double dealing,
  • fourberie,
  • swindle,
  • chicane,
  • Skimmings,
  • milkings,
  • on the take,
  • protection,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • SINEWS,
  • strong arm,
  • dynamism,
  • exaction,
  • sinew,
  • Barratry.
  • racket (noun)
  • dis honesties,
  • under-worlds,
  • under world,
  • dis-honesties,
  • illicit schemes,
  • under worlds,
  • dis honesty,
  • under-world,
  • dis-honesty.
  • scam (noun)
  • crooked deal,
  • doublecross,
  • hosing,
  • sucker game.
  • swindle (noun)
  • frameup,
  • frameups,
  • frame ups.
  • theft (noun)
  • burglary,
  • hijack,
  • plagiarism,
  • holdup,
  • stickup,
  • thievery,
  • larceny,
  • robbery,
  • banditry,
  • abstraction,
  • piracy,
  • pilferage,
  • embezzlement,
  • shoplifting,
  • heist.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • criminality.
  • overcharge (verb)
  • over charge,
  • over charging,
  • over-charges,
  • extortioned,
  • over-charging,
  • extortioning,
  • over-charged,
  • over-charge,
  • over charged,
  • over charges.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • breaking and entering,
  • joyriding,
  • skimming,
  • hijacking,
  • petty larceny,
  • carjacking,
  • grand larceny,
  • identity theft,
  • mugging.
  •
  • thieving,
  • violation,
  • rustling.
  •
  • stick up,
  • trespass,
  • plunder.
  •
  • raid.
  • bribe
  • hush money.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • draft,
  • bribe,
  • rush,
  • Asportation,
  • call for,
  • wrench,
  • wrenching,
  • tax,
  • cattle lifting,
  • overcharge,
  • tribute,
  • ultimatum,
  • felony,
  • Wringing,
  • avidity,
  • impost,
  • draughty,
  • smart money,
  • ransom,
  • draughtsman,
  • Gouging,
  • Pollage,
  • protection racket,
  • armed robbery,
  • squeeze out,
  • rending,
  • rapaciousness,
  • Fleecing,
  • taxing,
  • order,
  • bloodsucking,
  • Badger game,
  • duty,
  • requisition,
  • enforcement,
  • exorbitance,
  • highway robbery,
  • Robbing,
  • threat,
  • draught,
  • usurpation,
  • break-in,
  • usury,
  • ripping,
  • protection money,
  • Vampirism,
  • drain,
  • contribution,
  • Carcelage,
  • levy,
  • notice,
  • indent,
  • requirement,
  • dearness,
  • kickback,
  • tearing,
  • Douceur,
  • overcharging,
  • claim,
  • imposition,
  • call,
  • extort,
  • cupidity,
  • greediness,
  • extortions,
  • wrest,
  • extravagance,
  • Solatium,
  • warning,
  • graft,
  • avarice,
  • assault and robbery,
  • surcharge,
  • greed,
  • loan-sharking,
  • Wresting,
  • wring,
  • bank robbery.

How to use "Extortion" in context?

Paraphrases for Extortion:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    extraction, Swindling.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    blackmail, bribery.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    blackmail, bribery, coercion, graft, racket, racketeering, ransom, Blackmailing.

Homophones for Extortion:

• extradition, extra time.

Hyponym for Extortion:

• n.

  • act
    felony, exaction.
  • possession
    overcharge.