extort
vt. 敲詐; 曲解
If someone extorts money from you, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means.
Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him...
腐敗的政府官員向他敲詐錢財。
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。
If someone extorts something from you, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.
Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
有些地方執法官濫用逮捕權進行逼供。
1. obtain through intimidation
2. obtain by coercion or intimidation;
3. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.
勒索者企圖向他勒索一大筆錢.
Criminal groups have used such information to extort sensitive information from employees in the past.
犯罪組織過去利用此類資訊向有關員工勒索敏感資訊.
They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.
嚴格禁止坑害勒索群眾.
Don't extort money from others.
勿強拿別人的錢.
She did at last extort from her father an acknowledgment that the horses were engaged.
她終於逼得父親不得不承認──那兒匹拉車子的馬已經有了別的用處.