Extortionate in a sentence as an adjective

I'm guessing he wants to spend more time wringing extortionate license fees out of his family?

VMWare Essentials Plus costs us $15K for 3 years in extortionate australia prices and is worth every cent.

The thing is that the company that makes the machines is well known for their extortionate prices, so for us to update is not feasible.

Why would you unlock a phone when you are still on your contract?So that you can switch telecoms when you're travelling, to avoid extortionate fees.

Every portrayed advantage of virtualisation is not cost effective when you have to pay their extortionate prices.

I'd go further than disagreeing with his scheme, there is a reasonable chance it is illegal to charge such an extortionate interest rate, and may constitute usury...

You consider it a feature of a currency that there is a violent extortionate power engaged in parasitism of the monetary base.

This is the first time I've heard someone try to explain an extortionate hourly rate as "reasonable fees".Would the argument be the same if a private firm was charging the government at the same rate?

I sent a letter to the acquiring company explaining the situation and demanding that I receive my cut, and they actually responded with an extortionate threat in writing.

That is, "the Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse, blah, blah, blah".The bottom line is that the action of shutting down the government as a means of forcing a completely unrelated concession from the White House/Senate is just plain wrong and damn near extortionate.

Extortionate definitions

adjective

greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

See also: exorbitant outrageous steep unconscionable usurious