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1 blackmail
verb (to obtain money illegally from (a person), usually by threatening to make known something which the victim wants to keep secret.) izsiljevati* * *[blaekmeil]1.nounizsiljevanje;2.transitive verbizsiljevati -
2 black
[blæk] 1. adjective1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) črn2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) temen3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) umazan4) (without milk: black coffee.) črn5) (evil: black magic.) črn6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) črnski7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) črn2. noun1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) črna (barva)2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) črna barva3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) črnec3. verb(to make black.) počrniti- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) dati na črno listo5. noun(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) izsiljevanje- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white* * *I [blæk]adjectivečrn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalostento be in s.o.'s black books — biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilostithe devil is not so black as he is painted — stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videtia black letter day — nesrečni dan; delavnikblack look — čemeren, preteči pogledBlack Monday — nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šolithe black ox has trodden on his foot — potrt, zaskrbljen jeblack rust botany pšenična snetBlack & Tans — vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskemto swear the black is white — prisegati, da je črno beloas black as thunder — skrajno razdražen, besenBlack Watch — 42. škotski polkII [blæk]nounčrna barva, črnota, črnina; črnec; loščiloIII [blæk]transitive verbpočrniti; zatemniti; loščiti čevljeto black out — zatemniti; prikrivati pred javnostjo; zbrisati, prepovedati -
3 levy
['levi] 1. verb(to raise or collect (especially an army or a tax): A tax was levied on tabacco.) odmeriti davek2. noun1) (soldiers or money collected by order: a levy on imports.) vojaški nabor, obdavčenje2) (the act of levying.)* * *I [lévi]nounvojaški nabor, vojska; economy obdavčenje, pobiranje davkov; juridically sodna zasega, lconfiskacijaII [lévi]transitive verbvpoklicati v vojsko; economy odmeriti davek (globo) (on); juridically zasečito levy blackmail on s.o. — izsiljevati koga, izsiliti odkupnino
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