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Most states define extortion as the gaining of property or money by almost any kind of force or threat of violence, property damage, harm to reputation, or unfavorable government action.
bribery
Originally Posted by Findlaw
At the most fundamental level, charges of bribery need only to prove that an agreement for the exchange of something of value (political influence, for example) for a sum of money or something else of value [ed., Rporter314 The proverbial quid pro quo]. While a written agreement isn't required, prosecutors must be able to prove that an agreement was actually made.
bribery vs extortion
Originally Posted by Laws
The key difference, then, is that in extortion the extorting individual, the receiver of goods, is not offering anything to the extorted individual, the giver.
always start with the definitions
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