What is extortion?
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What is extortion?
Asked on December 11, 2014 under Criminal Law, Louisiana
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
Your state uses the common definition or understanding: extortion is the communication of threats to another person with the intention of using those threats to obtain something of value--often, but not necessarily, money or physical property; it could also be an an agreement or contract, information, intellectual property, etc. The threats can be of physical harm; of defamation or slander; of revealing personal or confidential information; of a false criminal complaint or unjustified criminal prosecution...essentially any threat can be the basis for extortion, if it's a threat that would be intimidating to the average, reasonable person.
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