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extortionate

adjective
 
 
/ɪkˈstɔː.ʃən.ət/ US  /-ˈstɔːr-/ disapproving

Definition

extremely expensive: The price of books nowadays is extortionate.Costing too muchExpensive and luxurious extortionately
 
 
/-li/ adverb
First-class travel is extortionately expensive.Costing too muchExpensive and luxurious
(Definition of extortionate adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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