1. 敲詐;勒索 If someone extorts money from you, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means.
e.g. Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him... 腐敗的政府官員向他敲詐錢(qián)財。 e.g. Her kidnapper extorted a £75,000 ransom for her release. 綁架者索要75,000英鎊贖金才肯放她。
2. 強取;逼取 If someone extorts something from you, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.
e.g. Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions. 有些地方執法官濫用逮捕權進(jìn)行逼供。
extort英英釋義
extort的翻譯
verb
1. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
Synonym: wring from
2. obtain by coercion or intimidation
e.g. They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him