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词汇 extorting
释义 extorting
present participle ofextort
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。
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extorting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


However, news reports indicate that police forces were more interested in mounting illegal checkpoints and extorting bribes from civilians than in maintaining law and order.
In addition to armed robbery, these gangs ran protection rackets, extorting money from business people and traders as well as attacking their customers.
Those officers were charged with having robbed those people, extorting money from them in consideration for not reporting them.
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This trade has been getting away with extorting huge sums of money from unsuspecting motorists for a long time.
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It was simply putting on a clamp and extorting money from innocent car owners.
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He may have been a bad debtor, but this is evidence of the length to which the practice is being taken in extorting payment.
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It is a cartel, explicit or implicit, which has been extorting money from travellers for donkeys' years just to keep national airlines in existence.
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He was charged with extorting money with menaces.
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He has just spoken again about extorting a further £80 million from industry and putting a further burden upon it.
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If you really propose to make tariffs a reality you must use them for extorting concessions from other countries.
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They exist in the home, extorting fear, submission and subservience from women who are deprived of their independence.
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It is a small matter, but there is something in the point that not all agreements are connected with extorting the maximum price from the public.
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That old woman is generally some big company or trust which has invested money in property, and which is extorting the last farthing and shilling out of the tenants.
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It is his duty, when he is extorting contributions week by week from the wages of poor people, to see that they receive the proper benefits they are paying for.
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The bishop was further charged with extorting money from his clergy on his visitations.
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