\\\"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\\\"
get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
造句
用作動詞(v.)
Weep over is the behavior which threaten to extort. 哭泣是恐嚇勒索的行為。
The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him. 勒索者企圖向他敲詐一大筆錢。
The police used torture to extort a confession from him. 警方對他嚴刑逼供。
常用短語
Adolescent ruffians who extorted pennies and apples from tradesmen in return for not breaking their windows.
出自：W. S. Churchill
Mary..only finally married him when consent had been extorted from Mr. Ponsonby on his deathbed.