Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator

Meaning of extortionately in English:

as submodifier ‘lobster is extortionately expensive here’

‘We also receive complaints that people are pressurised into having work done by traders who knock on their door, or visit as a result of an unsolicited phone call, only to find the work is extortionately expensive and badly done.’
‘Even at the book's launch party, over glasses of poor quality (but extortionately expensive) House of Commons wine, one or two people doubted this was what had really happened.’
‘This coupled with extortionately high house prices and rents makes it very difficult for those earning the real York average wages to even afford to live.’
‘Many people have not been aware of the Internet scams until they have received their extortionately high telephone bills.’
‘I could move out of New South Wales to a state where petrol isn't as extortionately priced, such as Queensland.’