Editing Extortion (section)

==Similar crimes==
* [[Badger game]]: The victim or "[[Mark (victim)|mark]]"—for example, such as a married person—is tricked into a compromising position to make them vulnerable to [[blackmail]].
* [[Clip joint]]: A clip joint or fleshpot is an establishment, usually a strip club or entertainment bar, typically one claiming to offer adult entertainment or bottle service, in which customers are tricked into paying money and receive poor goods or services, or none, in return. An example of this is portrayed in the comedy film [[Porky's]].
* [[Coercion]]: the practice of compelling a person or manipulating them to behave in an involuntary way (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats, intimidation, trickery, or some other form of pressure or force. These are used as leverage, to force the victim to act in the desired way.
* [[Confidence trick]] (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, hustle, scam, scheme, swindle, bamboozle or finesse): an attempt to [[fraud|defraud]] a person or group by gaining their [[confidence]].
* [[Cryptovirology]]: a software scam in which a [[public-key cryptography]] system crafts fake keys which encrypt the user's data, but cannot decrypt them unless the user pays for the real key.
* [[Dognapping]]: The crime of taking a [[dog]] from its owner, which usually occurs in [[purebred dog]]s, the profit from which can run up to thousands of dollars.
* [[Loan sharking]]: A loan shark is a person or body that offers unsecured loans at high interest rates to individuals, often backed by blackmail or threats of violence.
* [[Price gouging]]: a pejorative term for a seller pricing much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. In precise, legal usage, it is the name of a felony that applies in some of the United States only during civil emergencies.
* [[Racket (crime)|Racket]]: A service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem, such as for a problem that does not actually exist, will not be affected, or would not otherwise exist.
* [[Sextortion]]: Forcing individuals to send sexual images or perform sexual services.
* [[Terrorism]]: most simply, policy intended to intimidate or cause terror. It is more commonly understood as an act which is intended to create fear (terror), is perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a materialistic goal or a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of [[non-combatants]]. Some definitions also include acts of unlawful violence or unconventional warfare, but at present, the [[international community]] has been unable to formulate a universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition of terrorism.
* [[Tiger kidnapping]]: the taking of an innocent [[hostage]] to make a loved one or associate of the victim do something, e.g. a child is taken hostage to force the shopkeeper to open the safe; the term originates from the prior observation of the victim, like a tiger does with its prey. [[Ransom]]s are often used alongside these.