1.   Lear pretends to be offering a gift, but is in fact extorting a bribe.

2.   He was arrested by police, who he said, planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe.

3.   He accused the auditors of regularly extorting large bribes from corporate executives.

4.   It traces a snowball effect after Bruce was first arrested and accused the legal authorities of trying to extort a bribe from him in exchange for freedom.

5.   Officials collected taxes on just about everything and extorted bribes from anyone who needed government services, but none of the money was put in the treasury.

6.   Part of me clung to the belief that the gunmen simply hoped to extort a bribe for traveling the road through their territory.

7.   Prosecutors would also say he was the force behind an unsuccessful effort to extort a bribe from a company seeking a cable television franchise in Queens.

8.   Tass reported that police sources said Vinogradov had been extorting bribes from promoters for years, even threatening to cancel performances unless he was paid additional money.

9.   There is always the possibility of an unexpected intrusion by the morals police, perhaps just to extort a bribe, perhaps to arrest the participants.