Fantine, in desperate need of money to pay the extortionate demands of the Thénardiers for looking after her daughter Cosette, turns to prostitution.

Fantine is unaware that they abuse her daughter and use her as forced labor for their inn, and continues to try to pay their growing, extortionate demands for her upkeep.

He talks of his wife and children, but thinks nothing of ours, who will suffer if we meet his extortionate demands.

The office was founded in 1966 to cut through city red tape for filmmakers and to end the extortionate demands that were eating producers alive and driving them from the city.

Due to his extortionate demands for cash from the local population, most of the Jewish population fled to Jerusalem.

Barbary Pirates began seizing American ships of commerce; the Treasury had no funds to pay the pirates' extortionate demands.

Fantine is unaware that they are abusing her daughter and using her as forced labor for their inn, and continues to try to meet their growing, extortionate and fictitious demands.

He had been obliged to sell off most of his family possessions in order to meet the extortionate demands of Dolong and his men.

Hence, through the jago, the Javanese peasantry hoped to reduce their burdens and provide better conditions so that they would not be by the priyayi's extortionate demands.

These actions led the Mongol aristocrats into a frenzy of extortionate demands for revenue.