extortionate in a sentence

Examples

1. Only a few motorcycle taxis, known as " okadas, " continued working, charging customers extortionate rates.
2. This noble was much more accessible than the Vizier, and was not given to the extortionate practices of Ratan Chand.
3. The first four all have slow service, surly staff, the food is indifferent at best and the prices extortionate.
4. New York has long suffered from the perception that the city is overrun with crooked unions and extortionate industries under mob control.
5. The State Leader, Vannius Brutio, hoarded up grain and tried to sell it to the citizens at an extortionate price.
6. This allows Black Jack to charge extortionate amounts of money instead of the standard fees agreed upon by the Japanese Medical Association.
7. Some view as extortionate the coupling of tickets bought for this year as contingent on getting good seats in the glamorous new locale.
8. The defense team is trying to paint Rupert as a veteran criminal who made extortionate pay demands in exchange for being a spy.
9. If the court does believe the bargain was extortionate, it can re-open the agreement and examine the terms of it.
10. He is counter-suing the record companies for violating antitrust laws, conspiring to defraud the courts, and making extortionate threats.