extort
🇬🇧/ɪkˈstɔːt/ 🇺🇸/ɪkˈstɔːrt/
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If someone extorts money from you, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means. 勒索
verb [vt. 及物动词] 敲诈；侵占；强求；牵强地引出
Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him. 腐败的政府官员那时正向他勒索钱财。
ex(出) + tort(扭曲) → 扭曲使出来 → 强夺
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- You shouldn't go after a journalist just because they bought stolen property and tried to extort you. 你不应该跟在一个记者后面，仅仅因为他们购买了偷来的专利，然后试图敲诈你。
- Her kidnapper extorted a $175,000 ransom for her release. 绑架者勒索175,000美元作为释放她的赎金。
- 'you shouldn't go after a journalist because they bought stolen property and tried to extort you.' ‘你不可能因为这些记者买了赃物以后想勒索你而追着他不放。’
- Both extort large sumsof money from mines they control. 他们都从他们控制的矿山那里敲诈了很多钱。