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Sloan [31]
3 years ago
5

__________ is when someone in authority extracts payment under duress.

Social Studies
1 answer:
Airida [17]3 years ago
4 0
I believe the answer is <span>Extortion
Examples of an extortion would be a Cop who are asking money for local citizens as a form of 'security payment'.
Or a member of security exchange committee that requires a company a sum amount of payment by threating to open up an investigation toward them.</span>
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