及物动词

1. He extorted a meaning from the word.
他曲解了该词词义。

2. The police used torture to extort a confession from him.
警察对他用刑逼供。

3. He extorted a promise from me.
他硬要我答应。

1. 勒索：extol 颂扬 | extort 勒索 | extra 额外,特别的

2. 敲诈：extirpation 切除 | extort 敲诈 | extortive 逼取的

3. 敲诈, 逼取, 强取, 勒索：olive-drab 深绿褐色的 | extort 敲诈, 逼取, 强取, 勒索 | signal spectacle 信号表示镜 信号色玻璃框

4. 敲诈,勒索,逼取：ethnic purification种族清洗 | extort敲诈,勒索,逼取 | extortion敲诈,勒索

1. 敲诈;勒索
If someone extorts money from you, they get it from you using force, threats, or other unfair or illegal means.

e.g. Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him...
腐败的政府官员向他敲诈钱财。
e.g. Her kidnapper extorted a ￡75,000 ransom for her release.
绑架者索要75,000英镑赎金才肯放她。

2. 强取;逼取
If someone extorts something from you, they get it from you with difficulty or by using unfair means.

e.g. 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。

verb

1. get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

Synonym: wring from

2. obtain by coercion or intimidation

e.g. 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

Synonym: squeezerackgougewring

3. obtain through intimidation