noun
Meaning 1
Someone who extorts; an extortioner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
extortionist
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noun
Meaning 2
a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blackmailer, extortioner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English extortion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English extortionist From extortion + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: դրամաշորթ (dramašortʻ) — someone who extorts
- Chinese Mandarin: 強奪者 /强夺者 (qiángduózhě) — someone who extorts
- Finnish: kiristäjä — someone who extorts
- French: extorqueur — someone who extorts
- French: extorqueuse — someone who extorts
- Galician: extorsionador — someone who extorts
- Galician: extorsionadora — someone who extorts
- German: Erpresser — someone who extorts
- German: Erpresserin — someone who extorts
- Greek: εκβιαστής (ekviastís) — someone who extorts
- Greek: εκβιάστρια (ekviástria) — someone who extorts
- Hindi: ऐंठू (a͠iṭhū) — someone who extorts
- Italian: taglieggiatore — someone who extorts
- Japanese: 強要者 (kyōyōsha) — someone who extorts
- Latin: extortor — someone who extorts
- Khiamniungan Naga: ā-āphīehói — someone who extorts
- Polish: szantażysta — someone who extorts
- Polish: szantażystka — someone who extorts
- Russian: вымога́тель (vymogátelʹ) — someone who extorts
- Russian: вымога́тельница (vymogátelʹnica) — someone who extorts
- Spanish: extorsionista — someone who extorts
- Spanish: extorsionador — someone who extorts
- Spanish: extorsionadora — someone who extorts