extortionate

ɪkˈstɔrʃənɪt
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Translation of extortionate into German

Adjective

1.

price or fee

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excessively high and unreasonable
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  • The extortionate rent forced them to move out..Die überhöhte Miete zwang sie zum Auszug.
2.

crime

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involving the use of force or threats
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  • The gang's extortionate methods were feared by all.Die erpresserischen Methoden der Bande wurden von allen gefürchtet.
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Synonyms and analogies of extortionate in English

Examples of extortionate in a sentence

  • They couldn't afford the extortionate fees for the private school.
  • The extortionate demands left the victims helpless.
  • Their extortionate tactics were condemned by the authorities.

Translations of "extortionate" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adjective
horrendeadj.

Forget extortionate license fees and upgrade costs.

Vergessen Sie horrende Lizenzgebühren und Updatekosten.

In China, doctors charge extortionate fees before they will operate on HIV-positive patients.

In China operieren Ärzte HIV-positive Menschen nur gegen eine horrende Bezahlung.

erpresserischadj.

It is a long way from Muscat airport and the taxi fare is extortionate.

Es ist ein langer Weg vom Flughafen von Muscat und der Taxi-Tarif ist erpresserisch.

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Other translations for extortionate:

  • unverschämtadj.
  • Wucher-adj.

extortionate: Examples and translations in context

This has never happened in history before, as people find it harder and harder to pay mortgages or pay their rents (which are extortionate anyway) and everything else they have to pay, pay, pay for.

Dies ist niemals zuvor in der Geschichte aufgetreten während es für Leute immer schwieriger wird ihre Hypotheken oder Mieten zu bezahlen (welche sowieso erpresserisch sind) und für alle anderen Sachen müssen sie bezahlen, bezahlen, bezahlen.

Fortunately for Alila, they recognised that visual impact alone wasn't going to draw the diverse kind of clientele they attract today, nor help them retain the kind of reputation that other brands pay extortionate fees to achieve.

Zum Glück erkannte Alila, dass weder die visuelle Wirkung allein genügt um die vielfältige Art von Kundschaft anzuziehen die sie heute anspricht, noch ist es hilfreich horrende Summen zu bezahlen wie dies andere Marken tun, nur um einen bestimmten Ruf zu behalten oder zu erreichen.

It smells pleasant too. However, the active ingredient will only help those of you with the mildest forms of Seb Derm and the price is pretty extortionate too.

Es riecht auch angenehm Allerdings wird der Wirkstoff nur denjenigen von Ihnen mit den mildesten Formen von Seb Derm helfen und der Preis ist auch ziemlich erpresserisch.

Using a video camera to document his efforts, Czech journalist Janek Rubes for stream.cz has gone after unscrupulous taxi drivers who charge tourists extortionate fares.

Mit Hilfe einer Videokamera, um seine Bemühungen zu dokumentieren, hat der tschechische Journalist Janek Rubes für stream.cz nach skrupellosen Taxifahrern gesucht, welche Touristen horrende Tarife berechnen.

The charge was 214 euros without breakfast which was extortionate, but there were exhibitions on at Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget... Altro

Die Gebühr betrug 214 Euro ohne Frühstück, was erpresserisch war, aber es gab Ausstellungen in Charles de Gaulle und Le Bourget, was... mehr

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