extortionist
Plural: extortionists
Noun
- a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
- Someone who extorts; an extortioner.
Origin / Etymology
From extortion + -ist.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 19
extortionist: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordextortionist: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
extortionist: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
extortionist: valid Words With Friends Word