extorter
(ɛkˈstɔːtə(r))
See also extortor.
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who extorts. Const. of.
| 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. (1641) 25/1 You strict Extorters, that the poor oppress. 1605 Camden Rem. 186 Edric the extorter. 1794 Sir W. Jones Instit. Hindu Law ix. §258 Extorters of money by threats. 1846 Trench Mirac. xxix. (1862) 424 God, the extorter of those unwilling..prophecies from wicked men. |