Erpressung

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Erpressung f (genitive Erpressung, plural Erpressungen)

1. blackmail; coercion (the act, sometimes punishable, of forcing somebody to some behaviour by means of a threat)

   Es ist reine Erpressung, wenn sie sagt, dass sie sich scheiden lässt, falls ich nicht mit ihr nach München ziehe.

   It’s pure blackmail when she says that she’ll get a divorce if I don’t move to Munich with her.

2. (law) extortion; blackmail (the crime of forcing monetary values from someone by means of a threat)

• German law distinguishes between Erpressung in the above sense and Nötigung, which latter does not necessarily involve a monetary gain. It does not distinguish between threats of violence and other unlawful threats.

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