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extortionist
[ɪkˈstɔːʃ(ə)nɪst] [ɪkˈstɔːrʃənɪst]

  • n. 勒索者;勒索钱财

[ 复数 extortionists ]

英英释义

extortionist [ ik'stɔ:ʃənə,-ʃənist ]

  • n. a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

    同义词: blackmailer extortioner

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

extortionist /ɪkˈstɔːʃənɪst/

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT An extortionist is a person who commits the crime of obtaining something from someone by using force or threats. 敲诈勒索者

同近义词同根词

词根: extortion

adj.

extortionate 敲诈的;勒索的;过高的

n.

extortion 勒索;敲诈;强夺;被勒索的财物

extortioner 敲诈者,勒索者

权威例句

  • Both are suspected of making payments of millions of yen to a so-called "sokaiya" corporate extortionist, Terubo Tei, since 1995.

    BBC: Japanese police raid Mitsubishi, Toshiba headquarters

  • That was the name used on ransom demands made by an extortionist who in 1984 poisoned the sweets made by two Japanese confectionery firms.

    ECONOMIST: The crazies and their poison

  • S. agent named Jeff Novitzky, whose biggest claim to fame, before all this, was helping to bring down an extortionist California kickboxing instructor who brandished a samurai sword and called himself the Immortal Tiger.

    NEWYORKER: King of Walks

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