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

• 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？
• "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。
• 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。
• These reports quoted Walmart initially saying that it thought the customer was trying to extort money.
  这些报道援引沃尔玛最初的话表示，该公司认为，这名消费者是想讹诈。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• What do I want today? I have only to ask for it. I may seek earnestly, but not as if I had to use pressure and extort an unwilling gift from the LORD's hand; for He will give freely.
  我今天要什麽？我只要单纯地、迫切地向上帝求，上帝绝不是小气、很勉强才给礼物的上帝，祂是乐于施恩的天父。
• 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。
• 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。