| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| RACKETEERING | Extorting | |
| RAPACITY | The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain. | |
| BLACKMAILING | The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation. | |
| EXTORTION | The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge. | |
| EXPRESSION | The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth. | |
| RACK | ..., upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confession... | |
| TORTURE | ...her as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin... | |