extorters
Criminals demanding payment
Extorters are people who obtain money, favors, or compliance through threats, intimidation, or abuse of power.
The word overlaps with extortionists but sounds slightly more active or immediate—someone in the act of extorting rather than someone whose identity is defined by the practice: The extorters demanded payment by Friday.
Those demanding hush money
- racketeersOrganized crime participants
- mobstersOrganized crime members
- gangstersOrganized crime members
- loan sharksIllegal high-interest lenders
kidnappers · hijackers · fraudsters · conmen · swindlers · crime bosses · mafiosi · thugs
Coercion through damaging threats
- shakedownForceful extraction of payment
- protection racketExtortion through intimidation
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- threatsDeclarations of intended harm
intimidation · coercion · squeeze · muscle · menacing · ultimatums · demands · strong-arming
Offering of respect
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- protection moneyPayment extracted through threats
- hush moneyPayment to ensure secrecy
Those who suffer harm
- businessesCommercial enterprises collectively
- shopkeepersRetail establishment proprietors
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- vendorsThose who sell goods
immigrants · vulnerable populations · celebrities · politicians · corporations · families · debtors · witnesses
blackmailers
Those demanding hush money
- racketeersOrganized crime participants
- mobstersOrganized crime members
- gangstersOrganized crime members
loan sharks · kidnappers · hijackers · fraudsters · conmen · swindlers · crime bosses · mafiosi · thugs · goons
blackmail
Coercion through damaging threats
- shakedownForceful extraction of payment
- protection racketExtortion through intimidation
- ransomPayment for captive's release
threats · intimidation · coercion · squeeze · muscle · menacing · ultimatums · demands · strong-arming · harassment
tribute
Offering of respect
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- protection moneyPayment extracted through threats
hush money · ransom · bribe · exaction · dues · cut · vig · juice · fees · percentage
victims
Those who suffer harm
- businessesCommercial enterprises collectively
- shopkeepersRetail establishment proprietors
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
vendors · immigrants · vulnerable populations · celebrities · politicians · corporations · families · debtors · witnesses · whistleblowers
extortersgivers
Those who donate
donors · benefactors · philanthropists · almsgivers · contributors
extortersbenefactors
Givers of aid
philanthropists · altruists · Good Samaritans · protectors · humanitarians