Extort
//ɪkˈstɔː(ɹ)t//
Translations of "extort" (21 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian | շորթել(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | šortʻel | |
| Bulgarian | изтръгвам(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | iztrǎgvam | |
| Catalan | extorquir(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 勒索(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), 勒索(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), 敲詐 /敲诈(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), 敲詐 /敲诈(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | lèsuǒ, lèsuǒ, qiāozhà, qiāozhà | |
| Danish | afpresse(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), aftvinge(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), fravriste(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | — | |
| Finnish | kiristää(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), kiristää(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), riistää(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| French | extorquer(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| Galician | extorsionar(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| German | erpressen(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| Hindi | ऐंठना(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), ऐंठना(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | a͠iṭhnā, a͠iṭhnā | |
| Hungarian | kicsikar(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), kikényszerít(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), kizsarol(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| Italian | carpire(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), estorcere(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), spillare(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), spillare(to twist outwards) | — | |
| Khmer | កំហែងយក(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), កំហែងយក(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), ឆាំង(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), ឆាំង(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), ជំរិតទារ(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), ជំរិតទារ(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), សង្កត់យក(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), សង្កត់យក(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | kɑmhaeŋ yɔɔk, kɑmhaeŋ yɔɔk, cʰaŋ, cʰaŋ, cumrɨt tie, cumrɨt tie, sɑŋkɑt yɔɔk, sɑŋkɑt yɔɔk | |
| Latin | extorqueō(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| Māori | apo(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), kōhaki(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | utpresse(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | — | |
| Polish | wykręcać(to twist outwards), wykręcić(to twist outwards), wymusić(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), wymusić(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), wymuszać(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), wymuszać(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), wyłudzać(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), wyłudzić(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | — | |
| Portuguese | extorquir(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), extorquir(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | — | |
| Russian | вымога́ть(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), выпы́тывать(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), вырыва́ть(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), отжимать(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity) | vymogátʹ, vypýtyvatʹ, vyryvátʹ, otžimatʹ | |
| Spanish | extorsionar(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), extorsionar(to wrest from an unwilling person by undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity), extorsionar(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | — | |
| Thai | รีดไถ(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion), ไถ(to obtain by means of the offense of extortion) | rîit-tǎi, tǎi |
extorquir
afpresse, aftvinge, fravriste
kiristää, kiristää, riistää
extorquer
extorsionar
erpressen
kicsikar, kikényszerít, kizsarol
carpire, estorcere, spillare, spillare
កំហែងយក, កំហែងយក, ឆាំង, ឆាំង, ជំរិតទារ, ជំរិតទារ, សង្កត់យក, សង្កត់យក
kɑmhaeŋ yɔɔk, kɑmhaeŋ yɔɔk, cʰaŋ, cʰaŋ, cumrɨt tie, cumrɨt tie, sɑŋkɑt yɔɔk, sɑŋkɑt yɔɔk
extorqueō
apo, kōhaki
utpresse
wykręcać, wykręcić, wymusić, wymusić, wymuszać, wymuszać, wyłudzać, wyłudzić
extorquir, extorquir
extorsionar, extorsionar, extorsionar
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