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单词 extort
释义
extort
verb[T]
uk
/ɪkˈstɔːt/us
/ɪkˈstɔːrt/
to get something byforceorthreats, or withdifficulty:
敲诈，勒索；强求
He had been extortingmoneyfromtheoldladyforyears.他向那个老太太勒索钱财长达数年之久。
Policehave not sofarbeenableto extort aconfessionfromthepeopleaccusedof thebombing.到目前为止，警方一直未能让那些被指控制造爆炸案的人开口认罪。
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extortion
(Definition ofextortfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

extort| American Dictionary

extort
verb[T]
us
/ɪkˈstɔrt/
toobtainbyforceorthreat:
Thegangisaccusedof extortingmoneyfromlocalstoreowners.

extortion

noun[U]us
/ɪkˈstɔr·ʃən/
He wasfoundguiltyof extortion.
(Definition ofextortfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

extort| Business English

extort
verb[T]
uk
/ɪkˈstɔːt/us
to get something,especiallymoney, from someone by usingforceorthreats:
extort sth from sbTheclaimwas that he had extortedmoneyfrom theCEObythreateningtopublishdetailsof hisprivatelife.

extortion

noun[U]
He has beenfoundguiltyon twochargesof extortion and nowfacesajailsentence.
(Definition ofextortfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofextort

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It will solve nothing if the state forbids them toextortmoney from litigants without giving them alternative ways to generate income.
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In addition to armed robbery, these gangs ran protection rackets, extorting money from business people and traders as well as attacking their customers.
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Alternatively, they follow the example of corrupt judges andextortmoney from their detainees.
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The groups tried toextortpublic tenders in favour of the unemployed tradesmen.
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The more lucrative the contracts, the higher are the bribe prices that officials canextort.
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But nobody any longer believes the confessions extorted by a totalitarian police and produced in these trials.
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I think we are all now familiar with the methods used toextortthese so-called confessions, and know what value to put upon them.
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From the newspaper reports it does not appear that the false confessions were extorted by the police, who moreover did not act upon them.
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Very occasionally there are cases in which it appears that false confessions have been faked or extorted.
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Other revolutionary guerrillas have prevailed where they have enjoyed or extorted the support or acquiescence of a mass population.
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There was a serious risk that unscrupulous landlords would exploit the opportunity toextortkey money from desperate prospective tenants.
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Disagreeing with the assessors who were in favour of acquittal on all counts, he convicted the police of voluntarily causing hurt toextortconfession.
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I only urge that it may be given as a concession and not be extorted from us in later years.
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Many millions are being extorted in this way by the landlord class from the people.
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Those officers were charged with having robbed those people, extorting money from them in consideration for not reporting them.
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