| 词汇 | extort |
| 释义 | extort verb[ T ] uk /ɪkˈstɔːt/ us /ɪkˈstɔːrt/ to get something by force or threats, or with difficulty: 敲诈，勒索;强求 extort something from someoneHe had been extorting money from the old lady for years.他向那个老太太勒索钱财长达数年之久。 Police have not so far been able to extort a confession from the people accused of the bombing.到目前为止，警方一直未能让那些被指控制造爆炸案的人开口认罪。 Getting, receiving and accepting acquirable acquire acquisition awardee carve draw earn get out of something get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom glom onto something/someone go to someone grantsmanship score screw something out of someone secure seize seize on/upon something snap something up snatch Related wordextortion extort | American Dictionaryextort verb[ T ] us/ɪkˈstɔrt/ to obtain by force or threat: The gang is accused of extorting money from local store owners. extortionnoun[ U ]us/ɪkˈstɔr·ʃən/ He was found guilty of extortion. extort | Business Englishextort verb[ T ] uk /ɪkˈstɔːt/us to get something, especially money, from someone by using force or threats: extort sth from sbThe claim was that he had extorted money from the CEO by threatening to publish details of his private life. extortionnoun[ U ] He has been found guilty on two charges of extortion and now faces a jail sentence. Examples of extortextort It will solve nothing if the state forbids them to extort money from litigants without giving them alternative ways to generate income. In addition to armed robbery, these gangs ran protection rackets, extorting money from business people and traders as well as attacking their customers. Alternatively, they follow the example of corrupt judges and extort money from their detainees. The groups tried to extort public tenders in favour of the unemployed tradesmen. The more lucrative the contracts, the higher are the bribe prices that officials can extort. But nobody any longer believes the confessions extorted by a totalitarian police and produced in these trials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we are all now familiar with the methods used to extort these so-called confessions, and know what value to put upon them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the newspaper reports it does not appear that the false confessions were extorted by the police, who moreover did not act upon them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very occasionally there are cases in which it appears that false confessions have been faked or extorted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Other revolutionary guerrillas have prevailed where they have enjoyed or extorted the support or acquiescence of a mass population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a serious risk that unscrupulous landlords would exploit the opportunity to extort key money from desperate prospective tenants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Disagreeing with the assessors who were in favour of acquittal on all counts, he convicted the police of voluntarily causing hurt to extort confession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I only urge that it may be given as a concession and not be extorted from us in later years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many millions are being extorted in this way by the landlord class from the people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those officers were charged with having robbed those people, extorting money from them in consideration for not reporting them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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