extortionate [ɪkˈstɔ:rʃənət]

例句:

• Demand for topquality programmers exceeds supply, leading to extortionate salaries.
  对优秀程序员的需求远远超过了供给, 致使工资畸高.
  
• They are offering loans at extortionate rates of interest.
  他们在放高利贷。
  
• They are asking an extortionate amount of money for their house.
  他们的房子要价太高.
  
• Inveiglers commonly pose as builders or odd job men, charging extortionate fees for shoddy or unnecessary work.
  来自BBC
• Our complaint relates to extortionate charges on a loan that we took out over a short period.
  来自BBC
• Congressional Democrats suggested an extortionate tax on bonus recipients at banks that received federal bailout money.
  来自WSJ