Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun extortionist

1 sense of extortionist

Sense 1
blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist -- (a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them)
       => criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor -- (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)