☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Extortioner

A person who obtains money, property, or other advantages through coercion, threats, or abuse of authority. At common law, extortion by a public officer was the corrupt collection of an unlawful fee under color of office.

Etymology: Latin 'extortio' (a wresting away), from 'extorquere' (to twist out, wrench away) · Category: Criminal Law · Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 11th Ed.; 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Hobbs Act)
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