extortion

English

Etymology

From Middle English extorcion, extorcioun, extorsioun, from Late Latin extortiō, from extorqueō.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɔːʃn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɔːɹʃn/
Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ʃən

Noun

extortion (plural extortions)

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

Synonyms

blackmail

Translations

the practice of extorting money or other property

Armenian: շորթում (hy) (šortʿum)
Bulgarian: изнудване (bg) n (iznudvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勒索 (zh) (lèsuǒ), 敲詐 (zh), 敲诈 (zh) (qiāozhà)
Danish: afpresning c
Dutch: afpersing (nl) f
Finnish: kiristys (fi)
French: extorsion (fr) f
Georgian: გამოძალვა (gamoʒalva)
German: Erpressung (de) f
Greek: χρηματολογία (el) f (chrimatología), εκβιασμός (el) m (ekviasmós)
Italian: estorsione (it) f
Japanese: 強要 (ja) (きょうよう, kyōyō), ゆすり (yusuri), たかり (takari)

Latin: repetundae f pl
Macedonian: изнуда f (íznuda)
Middle English: extorcion
Portuguese: extorsão (pt) f
Russian: вымога́тельство (ru) n (vymogátelʹstvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и̏знуда f

Roman: ȉznuda (sh) f
Spanish: extorsión (es) f, chantaje (es)
Swedish: utpressning (sv)
Tagalog: pangingikil
Turkish: şantaj (tr), haraç (tr)

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