extortionate
About 0.12 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Of, related to, or typifying extortion (“the practice of obtaining money or other property by the use of force or threats”).
- adjective Greatly exceeding what is moderate or reasonable; exorbitant.
Similar words
immoderate exorbitant outrageous usurious unconscionable steep abusive inordinate excessive inflated
Often followed by
prices rates demands and charges credit price fees interest
Word family
extortionately
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