"Extortious" is a word in ENGLISH
Extortionate.
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A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.
Read the complete definitionOne who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands.
Read the complete definitionExtortionate.
Read the complete definitionCharacterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.
Read the complete definitionOne who practices extortion.
Read the complete definitionDisposed to gripe; extortionate.
Read the complete definitionOne who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
Read the complete definitionOne who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.
Read the complete definitionAn extortioner. See Poller.
Read the complete definitionAvaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious usurers; a rapacious appetite.
Read the complete definitionAn extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
Read the complete definitionHence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
Read the complete definitionFig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner; a bloodsucker.
Read the complete definitionOne who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner.
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