Company officials say they have refused the rebels' extortion demands.

This squad was formed around 1997 to deal with the growing extortion demands and open violence.

That has struck a chord among entrepreneurs who have long faced extortion demands from rebels and the threat of being kidnapped.

But even if somebody could break our encryption, surely we'd have received some sort of extortion demand by now.

Like Letterman, Carville finds an envelope with an extortion demand on her way to work.

Flabby politicians often buckle to the extortion demands of sports franchise owners.

The Government has accused them of telephoning and faxing their extortion demands from that hotel room.

He told of the extortion demand.

They have received death threats and extortion demands from illegal paramilitary forces engaged in negotiations with their employers, .

In 1987, Vastola was sent to jail for assaulting a record company executive who balked at his extortion demands.