extort

英 [ɪkˈstɔːt]

美 [ɪkˈstɔːrt]

v.  敲诈; 勒索; 强夺

过去分词：extorted　现在分词：extorting　过去式：extorted　第三人称单数：extorts　

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牛津词典

verb

• 敲诈；勒索；强夺
  to make sb give you sth by threatening them
  1. The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.
     这帮歹徒向当地30多户商家勒索过钱财。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 敲诈;勒索
  If someoneextortsmoneyfromyou, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means.
  1. Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him...
     腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。
  2. Her kidnapper extorted a £75,000 ransom for her release.
     绑架者索要75,000英镑赎金才肯放她。
• VERB 强取;逼取
  If someoneextortssomethingfromyou, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.
  1. Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
     有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。

英英释义

verb

• get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
  Synonym:wring from
• obtain by coercion or intimidation
  1. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
  2. They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him
  Synonym:squeezerackgougewring
• obtain through intimidation

双语例句

• "It's a vile attempt to extort money," said Mr. Pickwick.
  这是下流的敲竹杠的企图，匹克威克先生说。
• How do I not get excited, listening to you try to extort a working man?
  听到你勒索一个工人怎么能让我不兴奋？
• "Where a state functionary charged with implementing this Law takes advantage of his position and power to extort and accept bribes, he shall be punished according to*" various countries have tried to use it for different purposes.
  执行本法的国家工作人员，利用职权索许多国家试图把它用作各种不同目的。
• Moneylenders offer help, but extort a heavy price.
  高利贷者愿提供帮助，但要索取沉重的代价。
• Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
  有些地方执法官滥用逮捕权进行逼供。
• The problem, as he saw it, was that workers could use the threat of industrial unrest to extort money from their bosses.
  他认为，问题在于，工人们会用罢工威胁向老板们勒索。
• I wouldn't extort a nickel from my worst enemy.
  我不会从我最糟糕的敌人那儿勒索一分钱的。
• But many Uzbeks claim the security forces are using that as a pretext to extort money from residents.
  但是许多乌兹别克斯坦人声称，安全力量用此作为向居民敲诈勒索的接口。
• Police have not so far been able to extort a confession from the people accused of the bombing.
  警方迄今尚未能迫使被控制造爆炸案者招供。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from me.
  警方用刑逼我口供。