Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Extortionate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
"exorbitant rent"
"extortionate prices"
"spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"
"usurious interest rate"
"unconscionable spending"
Of, related to, or typifying extortion (“the practice of obtaining money or other property by the use of force or threats”).