extortionate in English

adjective

1

(of a price) much too high; exorbitant.

extortionate ticket prices

2

using or given to extortion.

the extortionate power of the unions

synonyms: exorbitant, excessively high, excessive, outrageous, unreasonable, inordinate, inflated, exacting, harsh, severe, oppressive, over the top, grasping, bloodsucking, avaricious, greedy, money-grubbing

adjective

• exorbitant, excessively high, excessive, outrageous, unreasonable, inordinate, inflated, exacting, harsh, severe, oppressive, over the top, grasping, bloodsucking, avaricious, greedy, money-grubbing
• usurious, exorbitant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable

Use "extortionate" in a sentence

1. The prices they charge are extortionate.

2. The price of books nowadays is extortionate.

3. The prices in this shop are extortionate.

4. The same fear sustains extortionate bills in some other businesses.

5. Demand for topquality programmers exceeds supply, leading to extortionate salaries.

6. They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest.

7. Fee structures and rates across the sector are often inexplicable and extortionate.

8. The price exacted By the hijackers for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.

9. They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.

10. Their government abolished agricultural taxes, hated by farmers as a tool for extortionate fees.

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12. The penalties are even more extortionate for those who had not planned to go into the red.

13. Use to get brushstroke money, two people are consultative attack Internet bar is extortionate gold.

14. On top of this, they often charge extortionate rates for support through a tolled number.

15. It also allows people access to loans without resorting to the extortionate rates charged by some legitimate credit companies.

16. Extortionate behaviour by local cadres may lead to land being left fallow because the taxes on cultivation are too high.

17. The specter that has haunted the economist has been the monopoly seeking extortionate gains at the public expense.

18. The ear by surgery can not show the fine structure of one normal ear, and surgery is dangerous and extortionate and its period is long.

19. In July, Bigod and Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Constable of England, drew up a series of complaints known as the Remonstrances, in which objections to the extortionate level of taxation were voiced.