Extortionist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  extortionist \ex*tor"tion*ist\, n.
     One who practices extortion.
  
     Syn: extortioner. [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  extortionist
       n : a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to
           expose embarrassing information about them [syn: {blackmailer},
            {extortioner}]