verb🔗ShareErpressenTo take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity"to extort a promise"ein Versprechen erpressenpolicegovernmentlawactioninhumanstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareErpressenTo obtain by means of the offense of extortion."The bully was extorting lunch money from the younger students by threatening to beat them up. "Der Schläger erpresste von den jüngeren Schülern das Pausengeld, indem er drohte, sie zu verprügeln.lawgovernmentpoliceguiltmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareVerdrehen, verzerrenTo twist outwards."The bully was extorting lunch money from the younger kids by threatening to beat them up. "Der Schläger verdrehte das Taschengeld der jüngeren Kinder, indem er drohte, sie zu verprügeln.lawpolicegovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
