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Joe's son wanted 2 million a year to help a terrorist nation unfreeze their assets.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hank77" data-source="post: 76260254" data-attributes="member: 378311"><p>I did read it and didn't see what I thought extortion is.</p><p>I think your definition is too simple and isn't detailed enough.</p><p></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Definition of <em>extort</em></strong></span></em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transitive" target="_blank">transitive verb</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em></em></p><p><em> <strong>: </strong>to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power <strong>: </strong><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wring" target="_blank">wring</a> also <strong>: </strong>to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument </em></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>To extort is literally to wrench something out of someone. Extortion is a mainstay of organized crime. Just as the school bully extorts lunch money from the smaller kids in exchange for not beating them up, thugs extort "protection" money from business owners with threats of violence. But that's only one kind of extortion; a mobster might extort favors from a politician with threats of revealing some dark secret, just as you might extort a favor from a brother or sister by promising not to tell on them.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extort" target="_blank">Definition of EXTORT</a></p><p></p><p>Sorry, I just missing how H. Biden was extorting anyone. How was he forcefully taking the $2m?</p><p>Did he promise that he could get their money returned because his father was the VP?</p><p>I just have questions because I think the details matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hank77, post: 76260254, member: 378311"] I did read it and didn't see what I thought extortion is. I think your definition is too simple and isn't detailed enough. [I][SIZE=5][B]Definition of [I]extort[/I][/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transitive']transitive verb[/URL] [B]: [/B]to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power [B]: [/B][URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wring']wring[/URL] also [B]: [/B]to gain especially by ingenuity or compelling argument [/I] [I]To extort is literally to wrench something out of someone. Extortion is a mainstay of organized crime. Just as the school bully extorts lunch money from the smaller kids in exchange for not beating them up, thugs extort "protection" money from business owners with threats of violence. But that's only one kind of extortion; a mobster might extort favors from a politician with threats of revealing some dark secret, just as you might extort a favor from a brother or sister by promising not to tell on them.[/I] [URL="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extort"]Definition of EXTORT[/URL] Sorry, I just missing how H. Biden was extorting anyone. How was he forcefully taking the $2m? Did he promise that he could get their money returned because his father was the VP? I just have questions because I think the details matter. [/QUOTE]
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