☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Extortion (Detail)

Obtaining property or compliance through threats — of violence, property destruction, damage to reputation, or abuse of official position. Distinguished from robbery (immediate force) and blackmail (threat of exposure).

Category: White Collar Crime · Source: 18 U.S.C. §1951 (Hobbs Act)
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