extort
英 [?k'st??t; ek-]
美[?k'st?rt]
- vt. 敲詐;侵占;強(qiáng)求;牽強(qiáng)地引出
英英釋意
- 1. obtain through intimidation
- 2. obtain by coercion or intimidation;
- "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"
- 3. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner