Anyone begging for money or trying to extort from me would receive a copy of the picture and nothing else.

Because of the impunity they enjoyed, those officers were able to extort money from the population and kidnapped innocent civilians.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, What about us? What must we do? He said to them, Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.

Soldiers also asked him, saying, What about us? What must we do? He said to them, Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.

Political parties are often seen to abuse their powerful positions to extort bribes and provide members and followers with lucrative positions in the public sector, while corruption among parliamentarians compromises their legislative, oversight, financial control and representational roles.

Big banks ability to extort such an arrangement stems from an implicit threat the financial sector and with it the economy s payment system would collapse if a systemically important bank were ever pushed into insolvency. But it is time to call the bankers bluff maintaining the payment system can and should be separated from the problem of bank insolvency.

Kicillof has gained international recognition as the public face of Argentina s fight against the so called vulture funds that want to extort full payment on Argentine bonds that they purchased for a few pennies on the dollar. But, before joining President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner s cabinet, Kicillof was known in Argentine intellectual circles as the author of the book Volver a Keynes (Return to Keynes).