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

• In a few rare cases, these individuals have even been known to perform attacks to extort a company or defraud it of money.
  很少有攻击是为了敲诈或骗取公司财产。
• He was tortured by police in order to extort a guilty confession and when news of this was made public, it astounded the entire country.
  他被警方屈打成招，当这条新闻向大众公开的时候，全国都震惊了。
• Sing attempts to extort money from one of the ordinary locals, but the neighbors are not what they appear.
  星仔试图在一个叫“猪笼城寨”的地方对居民敲诈，却不知道他们个个身怀绝技。
• The only aim of talks, then, would be to extort money and energy supplies from the international community in return for minor concessions.
  那么，朝鲜进行六方会谈的唯一目标，将是以微小的让步为条件，敲诈国际社会的金钱和能源供应。
• As one young man said recently: Every week the police and immigration come and extort money from us, but the Chinese embassy does nothing, they just look down on us.
  正如一名年轻的中国人最近所说的：警察和移民局的人每周都来找我们要钱，可中国大使馆什么也不做，他们根本瞧不起我们。
• 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。
• "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。
• "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。
• The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.
  勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
• Coming on the US Memorial Day holiday, the blast may also be a message to Barack Obama, US president, from whom impoverished North Korea wants to extort money and food.
  这次核试验在美国阵亡将士纪念日（memorialday）举行，可能也是向美国总统巴拉克奥巴马（barackobama）发出一个信息，贫穷的朝鲜希望向他索要资金和粮食。