Sentences with phrase «extort money from small»

So - called patent trolls stifle innovation and harm our economy by making dubious claims of patent infringement and using the threat of expensive litigation to extort money from small businesses and nonprofits.

Through this lawsuit, we hope to make sure Shipping & Transit can not extort money from small businesses again.

But the team decided to change the terminology because, «if you have a Sicilian mafia background, [«shakedown»] has a different connotation,» he said, referring to the illegal practice of extorting money from small businesses, generating laughter from the audience.

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The DPRK has obvious reasons to maintain at least a small nuclear arsenal: nuclear weapons offer defense against an alliance possessing overwhelming military advantages, a source of international prestige, and a means to extort money and other benefits from neighbors.