protection money

Decided one day not to pay the local outfit's protection money.

I kept telling them to go to hell with their protection money.

In the absence of a police force, protection money has to be paid out.

"They hit the new stores in the area to squeeze out protection money."

They have struck alliances with business leaders, who pay protection money.

"I've got an entire box of the best protection money can buy upstairs next to the bed."

People were actually ringing in, begging to pay protection money!

So they let some live in exchange for protection money or slave labor.

It was destroyed after the contractor refused to pay protection money to the group.

No wonder they have to shake down bus drivers for protection money too.

For years, just about everybody in Sicily paid protection money as an almost normal cost of doing business.

Most service businesses - no matter how law-abiding - pay protection money.

They wanted a few rupees as protection money - a common arrangement.

Those outside the organization may consider it to be a euphemism for "protection money."

To this day they demand blackmail and protection money from some of the people at the dinner.

We avoid what taxes we can, but do pay some as protection money.

Many pay protection money regularly to local gangs or influential figures.

In response, the oil giants paid ransoms or protection money.

Suddenly, insurance was sounding a lot like protection money.

"It wasn't like you started selling and then paid them protection money.

He was accused of frequently beating up drug dealers who did not pay him protection money.

He did not pay protection money to any Chinatown gangs."

Lisette says two men have demanded protection money from her, and they will call this evening.

I'm supposed to pay you protection money, is that it?'

How long before we're paying for child soldiers to shoot us in the head because we didn't pay protection money?