extortionate in a sentence

Examples

1. But St . Joe has been demanding extortionate prices, more than $ 100 million by some estimates.
2. Barbary pirates began seizing American ships of commerce; the Treasury had no funds to pay their extortionate demands.
3. The main reasons were the neoliberal policies and unequal extortionate swaps of state forests made by the ruling Coalition.
4. For organized crime, that means a regular, extortionate loan payment, unavoidable for borrowers who value their health.
5. So much for the myth of powerful unions, bullying meek municipalities into extortionate labor agreements with their unruly tactics.
6. "The cartels are imposing extortionate prices, and this is bleeding us dry, " he said.
7. To man and equip his fleet he started treating the Greek cities in Sicily in an extortionate and despotic manner.
8. This forces the user to pay the extortionate price for a new cartridge soon after the purchase of the printer.
9. She just didn't appreciate having to buy dinner from a 12-year-old grocer at extortionate prices.
10. This enraged the printer makers, who can't turn a profit without the extortionate revenues derived from cartridge sales.