"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"
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
双语例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The police used torture to extort a confession from him.
警察对他用刑逼供.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. 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.
来自辞典例句
4. The police used torture to extort a confession from me.
警方用刑逼我口供.
来自辞典例句
5. They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.
严格禁止坑害勒索群众.
来自互联网
用作动词 (v.)
Weep over is the behavior which threaten to extort. 哭泣是恐吓勒索的行为。
The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him. 勒索者企图向他敲诈一大笔钱。
The police used torture to extort a confession from him. 警方对他严刑逼供。
