extort
英 [ɪk'stɔːt; ek-]
美 [ɪk'stɔrt]
語源
強要するex-、外へ。-tort、ひねる、語源的にはturn、contortと同じ。つまり、過剰に要求する、強要する。
英語の語源
- extort
- extort: see torment
- extort (v.)
- 1520s (as a past participle adj. from early 15c.), "obtain by force or compulsion; wrest away by oppressive means," from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere "obtain by force," literally "wrench out" (see extortion). Related: Extorted; extorting.
例文
- 1. Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.
- 一部の地方法執行官は逮捕権を乱用して自白を強要している。
- 2.The police used torture to extort a confession from him.
- 警察は彼に拷問を加えた。
- 3.The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.
- 恐喝者は大金を恐喝しようとした。
- 4.The police used torture to extort a confession from me.
- 警察は拷問で自白を強要した。
- 5.They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.
- 大衆を陥れることを厳しく禁止する。
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