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1 extortion
noun(of money, taxes) Erpressung, die£50? That's sheer extortion! — 50 Pfund? Das ist ja Wucher!
* * *[-ʃən]noun die Erpressung* * *ex·tor·tion[ɪkˈstɔ:ʃən, ekˈ-, AM -ˈstɔ:r-]n no pl\extortion racket [Schutzgeld]erpressung f, verbrecherische Erpressung* * *[Ik'stOːSən]n(of money) Erpressung f; (of signature) Erzwingung f* * *1. Erpressung f:obtain sth by extortion etwas erpressen oder erzwingen2. Wucher m* * *noun(of money, taxes) Erpressung, die£50? That's sheer extortion! — 50 Pfund? Das ist ja Wucher!
* * *n.Erpressung f.
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