EXTORTION

What is extrortion?
 Extortion is the act of using force or threats to force
people to hand over their money or properties, on
favors. Extortion can happen outside or near schools
wherein children are victimized to give up their
allowances, in exchange for the promise that they
will not be beaten up. The act is different from
robbery. In robbery, there is a very real and very
immediate violence. In extortion, a person may only
suffer from the fear of harm if he/she gives in to the
demand/s of the one who extorts.
 Extortion is the wrongful use of actual or
threatened force, violence, or intimidation to
gain money or property from an individual or
entity. Extortion generally involves a threat
being made to the victim’s person or
property, or to their family or friends.
(Investopedia)
Difference between Extortion and
Blackmailing
 Generally speaking, extortion is the act of
getting something (such as money, property,
or services) from someone through violence,
threats, intimidation, abuse of authority, or
other forms of coercion.
 For example, if a person threatens to burn
down a store unless the owner pays them
money, that’s extortion.
 On the other hand, blackmail is the act of
getting money from someone through
extortion. To blackmail someone is to use
extortion such as threats, violence, or abuse
of authority to get money from them.
Frequently, the blackmailer threatens to
reveal embarrassing or incriminating
information about the person being
blackmailed.
 Blackmail, then, is often considered to be a
type of extortion rather than a synonym for
the word extortion. Extortion is typically used
as the more general term, while blackmail is
more specific.
 But both extortion and blackmail incorporate
forcing somebody to do something they
don't want to.
SUMMARY

 ✓ The word extortion refers to the act of

getting something from someone through
violence, threats, or other forms of coercion.
 ✓ The word blackmail typically refers to a
specific type of extortion in which a person
demands payment under threats of revealing
secret information.
 ✓ The specific legal definitions of extortion and
blackmail depend on federal and state law.