| In collaboration with the elite of Jerusalem, Herod extorted insane taxes from the peasantry to fund his megalomaniac building projects. |
| A leading candidate to be commander in chief putting himself in an easy position to be extorted. |
| Instead the District Attorney's Office and the newspapers focused on allegations that Scalise had extorted vast sums of money from New York's employers. |
| Romney got the blame for trying, but none of the gains he extorted from the hapless Jim Lehrer. |
| In the past, they had to hire consultants who extorted a lot of money from them. |
| Many corrupt immigration officials extorted vast quantities of money from terrified refugees. |
