extortion

Betekenis (Engels)

The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

Concepten

afpersing

chantage

knevelarij

afzetterij

Synoniemen

blackmail

exaction

plunder

overcharge

blackmailing

ramp

shakedown

pillage

sponging

holdup

insistence

intimidation

looting

persistent demand

plundering

pressure

racketeering

rapacity

ravishment

robbery

secondment

seizure

squeeze

tax

tension

shake down

bagman

bamboo fence

coercion

collecting

compulsion

depredation

detachment

exploitation

extraction

grab

Vertalingen

extorsion

Erpressung

estorsione

extorsió

extorsión

εκβιασμός

extorsão

chantaje

exacció

exacción

chantage

ابتزاز

concussio

pillage

χρηματολογία

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɔːʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Anglo-Norman extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō.