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1. n ракетка2. n амер. снеговой мокасин, снегоступ3. n деревянный болотный башмак4. n разг. шум, гам; грохотto kick up a racket — поднять шум, затеять скандал
5. n разг. разгул; вихрь удовольствийto go on the racket — вести разгульный образ жизни; загулять, запить
6. n разг. попойка; гулянка7. n разг. напряжение, испытание8. n разг. воен. жарг. бомбёжка; артобстрелI am getting too old to stand the racket — мне это уже не по возрасту, я для этого слишком стар
9. v разг. шуметь, греметь; грохотать10. v разг. вести шумный, разгульный образ жизни; загулять, запить11. v разг. мешать шумом; нарушать12. n обман, мошенничество; жульническое предприятие, афераto be in on a racket — быть участником аферы; наживаться нечестным путём
13. n шантаж; вымогательство, рэкет14. n лёгкий заработок15. n шутл. занятие, работаСинонимический ряд:1. con game (noun) con game; scam2. din (noun) babel; brouhaha; clamor; clamour; commotion; confusion; din; disturbance; fracas; hubbub; hullabaloo; jangle; music; noise; pandemonium; racketry; rumpus; tintamarre; tumult; turbulence; uproar3. extortion (noun) conspiracy; corruption; extortion; graft; intrigue; push; shakedown; swindling; trick4. operation (noun) operation; schemeАнтонимический ряд:hush; peace; quiet; silence -
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1. n настоятельное требование; домогательство2. n взыскание3. n вымогательство4. n юр. вызов в судСинонимический ряд:1. call (noun) call; claim; cry; demand; requisition2. charge (noun) charge; fee; toll3. extortion (noun) expropriation; extortion; levy; oppression; ransom; tax; theft -
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1. n шантаж; вымогательство2. v шантажировать; вымогать деньгиСинонимический ряд:1. extortion (noun) bribe; coercion; extortion; hush money; payoff; protection racket; ransom; tribute exacted under duress2. extort (verb) bribe; coerce; exact under duress; extort; force; squeeze -
31 shakedown
1. n импровизированная постель2. n амер. сл. вымогательство; шантаж3. n разг. обыск, шмон4. n амер. шумная вечеринка; пляс, отплясывание5. n амер. мор. гарантийное плавание; пробное плавание6. n амер. ав. пробный полетСинонимический ряд:1. extortion (noun) conspiracy; corruption; extortion; graft; intrigue; push; racket; swindling; trick2. search (noun) frisk; search -
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n.• cama improvisada s.f.'ʃeɪkdaʊnnoun (AmE colloq)a) ( extortion) timo m (fam), estafa f$100 a ticket? that's a shakedown! — ¿$100 la entrada? qué robo! (fam)
b) ( search)['ʃeɪkdaʊn]N1) (=shaking) sacudida f2) (Brit) (=bed) camastro m, cama f improvisada3) * (before noun)a shakedown cruise/flight — una travesía/un vuelo de prueba
4) (US) * (=swindle) estafa f, timo m(=search)* * *['ʃeɪkdaʊn]noun (AmE colloq)a) ( extortion) timo m (fam), estafa f$100 a ticket? that's a shakedown! — ¿$100 la entrada? qué robo! (fam)
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[prə'tekʃn]1) (safeguard) protezione f. (anche fig.), tutela f., salvaguardia f.to give o offer sb. protection against sth. proteggere qcn. contro o da qcs.; environmental protection protezione ambientale, salvaguardia dell'ambiente; for his own protection — (moral) per il suo bene; (physical) per proteggerlo
2) econ. (anche trade protection) protezionismo m.3) (extortion)to pay sb. protection — iron. pagare delle tangenti a qcn.
to buy protection — iron. pagare la tangente per ottenere protezione
4) inform. protezione f.eye protection — (goggles) occhiali protettivi
* * *[-ʃən]1) (the act of protecting or state of being protected: He ran to his mother for protection; This type of lock gives extra protection against burglary.) protezione2) (something that protects: The trees were a good protection against the wind.) protezione* * *[prə'tekʃn]1) (safeguard) protezione f. (anche fig.), tutela f., salvaguardia f.to give o offer sb. protection against sth. proteggere qcn. contro o da qcs.; environmental protection protezione ambientale, salvaguardia dell'ambiente; for his own protection — (moral) per il suo bene; (physical) per proteggerlo
2) econ. (anche trade protection) protezionismo m.3) (extortion)to pay sb. protection — iron. pagare delle tangenti a qcn.
to buy protection — iron. pagare la tangente per ottenere protezione
4) inform. protezione f.eye protection — (goggles) occhiali protettivi
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protection [prəˈtek∫ən]1. nouna. [of person, property] protection f (from or against sth contre qch ) ; [of interests, rights] sauvegarde fb. (Insurance) garantie f2. compounds• he pays $200 a week protection money il paie 200 dollars par semaine pour ne pas être inquiété ► protection racket noun racket m* * *[prə'tekʃn]1) ( safeguard) lit, fig protection fto give ou offer somebody protection against something — protéger quelqu'un contre quelque chose
for his own protection — ( moral) pour son bien; ( physical) pour le protéger
2) Economics (also trade protection) protectionnisme m3) ( extortion)4) Computing protection fdata protection — protection f de données
5) ( protective clothing)eye protection — lunettes fpl
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1. n порча, гниение2. n развращённость, моральное разложение3. n продажность, коррупция4. n искажениеdata corruption — искажение данных; порча данных
Синонимический ряд:1. barbarism (noun) barbarism; impropriety; slangism; solecism; vernacularism; vernacularity; vulgarism2. dishonesty (noun) bribery; crookedness; dishonesty; extortion; nepotism; profiteering; racket; shady deal; venality3. evil (noun) abandon; baseness; degradation; depravity; dissolution; evil; immorality; perversion; vice; wickedness4. pollution (noun) adulteration; contamination; decay; defilement; foulness; pollution; putrefaction; putrescence; taintАнтонимический ряд:honesty; integrity; morality; organisation; purity -
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1. n кривизна, согнутость2. n извилистость3. n бесчестность4. n нечестный поступокСинонимический ряд:1. corruptness (noun) corruptness; snideness2. deviousness (noun) deviousness3. dishonesty (noun) bribery; corruption; dishonesties'; dishonesty; extortion; nepotism; profiteering; racket; shady deal; venality4. roughness (noun) asymmetries'; inequalities'; irregularities'; jaggedness; roughness; unevenness -
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1. n нечестность, непорядочность; бессовестность2. n обман, мошенническая проделкаcrime of dishonesty — преступление, совершённое путём обмана; мошенническое преступление
Синонимический ряд:1. corruption (noun) bribery; corruption; crookedness; extortion; venality2. craft (noun) chicanery; craft; craftiness; indirection; shadiness; slyness; sneakiness; trickery; trickiness; underhandedness3. deception (noun) cheat; chicane; deception; dipsy-doodle; dirt; double-dealing; dupery; fourberie; fraud; hanky-panky; highbinding; immorality; mendacity; sharp practice; subterfuge4. duplicity (noun) cunning; deceit; deviousness; duplicity; faithlessness; guile; infamy; infidelity; perfidiousnessАнтонимический ряд: -
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1. n прививка, привой, привитая частьgraft polymer — графт-полимер, привитой полимер
2. n мед. лоскут живой ткани для пересадки; трансплантатskin graft — делать пересадку, трансплантацию кожи
3. n мед. операция пересадки ткани4. v сад. прививать, черенковать, окулировать5. v мед. пересаживать живую ткань6. v соединять, сращивать, сплачивать7. v надвязывать, надставлять; пришивать8. n глубина вскопки, равная высоте лезвия лопаты9. v копать10. n взятка, незаконные доходы11. n взяточничество12. v брать взятки, пользоваться нечестными доходами13. n разг. упорный труд, прилежная работаСинонимический ряд:1. bribe (noun) bribe; fix; payoff; payola2. fraud (noun) bribery; cheating; corruption; embezzlement; extortion; fraud; jobbery; swindling; thievery3. shoot inserted into a branch (noun) grafting; hybridization; juncture; scion; shoot; shoot inserted into a branch; slip; transplant; union4. insert a shoot (verb) engraft; implant; insert a shoot; join; propagate; splice; transplant; unite -
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1. n запугивание; устрашение, угрозы; шантаж2. n страх, боязнь; запуганность, робостьСинонимический ряд:1. coercion (noun) coercion; compulsion; constraint; duress; force; persuasion; pressure2. frightening (noun) browbeating; dread; extortion; fear; fright; frightening; scaring; terrorizing3. menace (noun) menace; threat -
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racket [ˈrækɪt]a. (for sport) raquette fb. ( = noise) vacarme m• the drugs/stolen car racket le trafic de drogue/des voitures volées* * *['rækɪt]1) Sport raquette f2) (colloq) ( noise) vacarme m, raffut (colloq) mto make a racket — faire du vacarme, faire du raffut
3) ( swindle) escroquerie f4) ( illegal activity) trafic min on the racket — (colloq) dans le coup (colloq)
См. также в других словарях:
extortion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ alleged EXTORTION + NOUN ▪ racket ▪ He was known for running a brutal extortion racket … Collocations dictionary
extortion — extort ex‧tort [ɪkˈstɔːt ǁ ɔːrt] verb [transitive] LAW to illegally force someone to give you money by threatening them: extort money from/out of somebody • Smith was arrested on suspicion of having extorted property and money from at least 18… … Financial and business terms
extortion — extort ► VERB ▪ obtain by force, threats, or other unfair means. DERIVATIVES extorter noun extortion noun extortioner noun extortionist noun extortive adjective. ORIGIN Latin extorquere, from torquere twist … English terms dictionary
extortion — ex·tor·tion /ik stȯr shən/ n 1: the act or practice of extorting esp. money or other property; specif: the act or practice of extorting by a public official acting under color of office 2: the crime of extorting ex·tor·tion·ate / shə nət/ adj… … Law dictionary
extortion racket — ➔ racket * * * extortion racket UK US noun [C] ► an organized illegal activity in which a person or group tries to get money from someone by using force or threats: »Ten people have been arrested on charges of running an extortion racket in the… … Financial and business terms
extortion — c.1300, from L. extortionem (nom. extortio) a twisting out, extorting, noun of action from pp. stem of extorquere wrench out, wrest away, to obtain by force, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + torquere to twist (see THWART (Cf. thwart)) … Etymology dictionary
extortion — noun arrested on a charge of extortion Syn: blackmail, shakedown; formal exaction … Thesaurus of popular words
extortion — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or practice of extorting especially money or other property; especially the offense committed by an official engaging in such practice 2. something extorted; especially a gross overcharge • extortioner noun •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
extortion — noun the practice of extorting money or other property, especially by a public official, by the use of threats Syn: blackmailing … Wiktionary
extortion — UK [ɪkˈstɔː(r)ʃ(ə)n] / US [ɪkˈstɔrʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] Word forms extortion : singular extortion plural extortions a crime in which someone gets money or information from someone else by using force or threats Derived word: extortionist noun … English dictionary
extortion — ex|tor|tion [ ık stɔrʃn ] noun uncount a crime in which someone gets money or information using force or threats ╾ ex|tor|tion|ist noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English