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Etymology
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From Middle English extorcion , extorcioun , extorsioun , from Late Latin extortiō , from extorqueō .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ʃən
Noun
extortion (plural extortions )
The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats .
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Translations
the practice of extorting money or other property
Arabic: اِبْتِزَاز m ( ibtizāz )
Armenian: շորթում (hy) ( šortʻum )
Belarusian: вымага́нне n ( vymahánnje ) , здзíрства n ( zdzírstva ) , вымага́льніцтва n ( vymahálʹnictva ) , шанта́ж m ( šantáž )
Bulgarian: изну́дване (bg) n ( iznúdvane ) , шанта́ж (bg) m ( šantáž )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勒索 (zh) ( lèsuǒ ) , 敲詐 / 敲诈 (zh) ( qiāozhà ) , 敲诈 (zh) ( qiāozhà )
Czech: vydírání (cs) n
Danish: afpresning c
Dutch: afpersing (nl) f
Estonian: väljapressimine (et)
Finnish: kiristys (fi) , kiskonta (fi)
French: extorsion (fr) f
Galician: extorsión f
Georgian: გამოძალვა ( gamoʒalva )
German: Erpressung (de) f
Greek: χρηματολογία (el) f ( chrimatología ) , εκβιασμός (el) m ( ekviasmós )
Hungarian: zsarolás (hu)
Italian: estorsione (it) f
Japanese: 強要 (ja) ( きょうよう, kyōyō ) , ゆすり (ja) ( yusuri ) , たかり ( takari )
Kazakh: бопсалаушылық ( bopsalauşylyq )
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Korean: 강요 (ko) ( gang'yo )
Latin: repetundae f pl
Macedonian: изнуда f ( iznuda ) , уцена f ( ucena )
Middle English: extorcion
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utpressing
Persian: اخاذی (fa) ( axxâzi )
Polish: wymuszenie n , zdzierstwo n
Portuguese: extorsão (pt) f
Romanian: stoarcere (ro) f
Russian: вымога́тельство (ru) n ( vymogátelʹstvo ) , шанта́ж (ru) m ( šantáž )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и̏знуда f , у̏цена f , у̏цјена f
Roman: ȉznuda (sh) f , ȕcena (sh) f , ȕcjena (sh) f
Slovak: vydieranie n
Slovene: izsiljevanje n
Spanish: extorsión (es) f
Swedish: utpressning (sv)
Tagalog: pangingikil
Turkish: şantaj (tr) , haraç (tr)
Ukrainian: вимага́ння n ( vymahánnja ) , зди́рство n ( zdýrstvo ) , шанта́ж m ( šantáž )