extortionate 的定义
- grossly excessive; exorbitant: extortionate prices.
- characterized by extortion, as persons: extortionate moneylenders.
extortionate 近义词
oppressive
extortionate 的近义词 7 个
excessive
extortionate 的近义词 4 个
更多extortionate例句
- It’s ludicrous that the country should have to labor under this sort of extortionate threat every few years.
- Businesses are suffering more each day in an area where the rents are extortionate, and the situation could boil over soon.
- Her sentence was manifestly excessive (the order to pay an extortionate $186 million alone proves his bias).
- He continued to drink of the poisonous rank beverages served at extortionate prices.
- He replied that the market price was extortionate, and that his conscience would not allow him to accept it.
- No contract had been made as to price, and when she arrived there the cabman's extortionate charge was refused.
- If he had to borrow money he would do it from the government and would not be charged extortionate rates of interest as he is now.
- In this way the league tried to reduce overcrowding and extortionate rentals.