Black’s Law Dictionary,
Revised 4th Edition:
extortion under the color
of office. ...Unlawful taking by any officer by color of his office,
of any money or thing of value, that is not due to him,
or more than is due or before it is due.” 4 Bla.Comm. 141; Com. v. Saulsbury, 152 Pa. 554, 25 A. 610; U.S. v. Denver,
D.C.N.C. 14 F. 595; Bush v. State, 19 Ariz. 195, 168 P. 508,
509…”Obtaining property from another, induced by wrongful use of force
or fear, OR under color of official right.” See State v. Logan,
104 La. 760, 29 So. 336; In re Rempfer, 51 S.D. 393, 216 N.W. 355, 359,
55 A.L.R. 1346; Lee v. State, 16 Ariz. 291, 145 P. 244, 246,
Ann.Cas. 1917B, 131.
[Black’s Law Dictionary, Revised 4th Edition]