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Adjective: extortionate  ik'stor-shu-nut or ek'stor-shu-nut
  1. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
    "extortionate prices";
    - exorbitant, outrageous, steep, unconscionable, usurious, eye-watering [informal], exhorbitant [non-standard]

See also: immoderate