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Extortion:
- The act or an instance of extorting.
- Illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property, funds,
or patronage.
- An excessive or exorbitant charge.
- Something extorted.
Bribery:
- 2. The act or practice of giving or taking bribes; the act of influencing the
official or political action of another by corrupt inducements.
Penal Code
518 - 519
518. Extortion is the obtaining of property from another, with his
consent, or the obtaining of an official act of a public officer,
induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, or under color of
official right.
519. Fear, such as will constitute extortion, may be induced by a
threat, either:
1. To do an unlawful injury to the person or property of the
individual threatened or of a third person; or,
2. To accuse the individual threatened, or any relative of his, or
member of his family, of any crime; or,
3. To expose, or to impute to him or them any deformity, disgrace
or crime; or,
4. To expose any secret affecting him or them.
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