Term: extortion: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: par value: the value of a security that is set by the company issuing it; unrelated to market value
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: ukase: an edict of the Russian tsar
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: twenty-two: a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: jaw: the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: loiterer: someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: tonguefish: left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: stanza: a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: stream: something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: spic: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
Broader: exaction: act of demanding or levying by force or authority | Unrelated: water wagon: a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)