extorting是什么意思？

extorting

• v. 敲诈( extort的现在分词 )，曲解；

例句

• The tax collector has been charged with extorting money from several shopkeepers. 收税员受到指控,罪名是向几个店主勒索钱财.
• He did the kidnapping as a way of extorting money. 他绑架的目的只是为了讹钱.
• He's been charged with extorting protection money from the shopkeepers. 他被指控对店主敲诈勒索保护费.
• Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him... 腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。

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。