Term: protection: payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: nuclear medicine: the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: pride: satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: whale sucker: large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: hypanthium: the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: pediculosis: infestation with lice (Pediculus humanus) resulting in severe itching
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: mercilessness: inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: corps de ballet: the chorus of a ballet company
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: french bread: a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: meningitis: infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the meninges (the tissues that surround the brain or spinal cord) usually caused by a bacterial infection; symptoms include headache and stiff neck and fever and nausea
Broader: extortion: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) | Unrelated: diffuse nebula: a cluster of stars within an intricate cloud of gas and dust