extort

🇬🇧/ɪkˈstɔːt/ 🇺🇸/ɪkˈstɔːrt/ 45

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

verb [vt. 及物动词]敲诈；侵占；强求；牵强地引出

Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him.
腐败的政府官员那时正向他勒索钱财。

ex(出) + tort(扭曲) → 扭曲使出来 → 强夺

extort

v.敲诈,逼取,强取,勒索

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复合词extortion/ɪkˈstɔːʃ(ə)n/n. 勒索；敲诈；强夺；被勒索的财物