extortion

extortion怎么读

英式音标：[ɪk\'stɔ:ʃn]

美式音标：[ɪkˈstɔrʃən]

extortion基本解释

n. 勒索；敲诈；强夺；被勒索的财物

extortion的意思释义

n.

敲诈，勒索；被勒索的财物；敲诈者；[法]恐吓取财

变形

复数：extortions

英英释义

n.

an exorbitant charge

unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)

\"the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty\"

the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)

extortion用法及例句

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The crooks shook down the shopkeepers for extortion money.

流氓向店主们索取保护费。

He faces trial on extortion charges.

他将因被指控敲诈而受审。

He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion.

他供认了犯有合谋敲诈罪。

She did fifteen years for extortion and bank robbery.

她因犯勒索罪和抢劫银行罪，服了15年的刑。

Many gangs collected protection in the form of extortion.

许多黑帮以勒索的形式收取保护费。

例句参考

Extortion

Corruption, extortion and evasion

Evolution of extortion in Iterated Prisoner\'s Dilemma games.

Cryptovirology:Extortion-Based Security Threats and Countermeasures

The Simple Economics of Extortion: Evidence from Trucking in Aceh

CORRUPTION AND BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS: EXTORTION OR EVASION?

Necrotroph attacks on plants: wanton destruction or covert extortion?

Money for Nothing :: POLITCIANS,RENT EXTRACTION,AND POLITICAL EXTORTION

Money for nothing : politicians, rent extraction, and political extortion

extortion词源

extortion (n.)

c. 1300, from Latin extortionem (nominative extortio) \"a twisting out, extorting,\" noun of action from past participle stem of extorquere \"wrench out, wrest away, to obtain by force,\" from ex- \"out\" (see ex-) + torquere \"to twist\" (see torque (n.)).

extortion相关例句

1.a confession obtained by extortion

逼出来的供词

4.Whitewashed official complicity in political extortion.

掩饰*治纠纷中的官方冲突

9.Excessive or unjust demand;extortion.

强索过分的或不公正的要求；勒索

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

10.drug sales, extortion, and other sins.

贩卖*品 勒索和其他罪行而被通缉

-- 来源 -- 电影对白