extort是什么意思？

extort

英[ɪkˈstɔ:t] 美[ɪkˈstɔrt]

• vt. 敲诈，曲解；

第三人称单数：extorts;

过去式：extorted;

过去分词：extorted;

现在分词：extorting;

名词：extortion;

例句

• to extort money from someone 向某人勒索金钱
• The police used torture to extort a confession from me. 警方用刑逼我口供.
• 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.
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him. 警察对他用刑逼供.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  敲诈;勒索
  If someone extorts money from you, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means.
  例句
  Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him... 腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。 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 someone extorts something from you, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  敲诈
  to extort money from someone 向某人勒索金钱

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. obtain through intimidation
  2. obtain by coercion or intimidation;
  "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"
  3. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

行业词典

• 法律： 敲诈勒索；索诈；强权；