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extortionate adjective [ ɪkˈstɔːʃ(ə)nət ]

• (of a price) much too high; exorbitant.
• "£2,700 for that guitar is extortionate"
Similar: exorbitant, excessively high, excessive, sky-high, outrageous, preposterous, immoderate, unreasonable, inordinate, prohibitive, ruinous, punitive, inflated, more than one can afford, over the odds, criminal, steep, stiff, over the top, OTT,
Opposite: reasonable,
• using or given to extortion.
• "the extortionate power of the unions"
Similar: grasping, bloodsucking, avaricious, greedy, rapacious, predatory, usurious, exacting, harsh, severe, rigorous, hard, oppressive, money-grubbing, grabby,


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