"Commander, this is extortion!"
"Hmm... yes, it is."

- Elim Garak and Benjamin Sisko (DS9: "Second Skin")

Extortion, also known as blackmail, is the criminal act of extracting money or services with threats. The threat can be anything from a minor inconvenience to serious injury or death.

Vaatrik Pallra extorted large sums of money from eight Bajoran people, by threatening to publish a list she had found, identifying them as collaborators with the Cardassians during the Occupation of Bajor. (DS9: "Necessary Evil")

Odo deputized Quark by threatening to throw him in jail unless Quark helped discover where illicit weapons being funneled to the Alliance for Global Unity were being stored on Bajor. (DS9: "The Circle")

External link Edit

• Extortion at Wikipedia