extorted
v. 敲詐( extort的過去式和過去分詞 ); 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。
The gang extorted money from over 30 local businesses.
這幫歹徒向當地30多戶商家勒索過錢財。
He extorted a promise from me.
他硬要我答應.
He extorted a meaning from the word.
他曲解了該詞詞義.
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。
They extorted a bizzare sense from the few words that had been spoken.
對那幾句話他們牽強附會地賦以一種離奇的意思.