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

• Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.
  如同最慧者也不会因揭露大自然奥秘、发现其完美，而丧失对其好奇之心。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• If a mobile company could use the threat of blocking a service to extort higher fees, would innovation be stopped in its tracks?
  如果一家移动公司能够以屏蔽某项服务为威胁来逼迫使用者支付更高费用，创新是否会胎死腹中？