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extortion

English

  1. 🔊 the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
  2. 🔊 unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
    “the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty”
  3. 🔊 an exorbitant charge

Spanish

  1. 🔊 chantaje extortion
  2. 🔊 extorsión extortion
  3. 🔊 concusión extortion, bribery, misappropriation

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