敲诈勒索

敲詐勒索

qiāozhàlèsuǒ

verb #20,307

Meanings

1 to extort
2 to blackmail
3 extortion and blackmail

Characters

to knock / to hit

to deceive / to swindle

to coerce / to force

to demand / to exact

Examples

他因敲诈勒索罪被判处五年有期徒刑。

Tā yīn qiāozhàlèsuǒ zuì bèi pànchǔ wǔ nián yǒuqī túxíng.

He was sentenced to five years in prison for extortion.

警方逮捕了一个专门敲诈勒索商家的团伙。

Jǐngfāng dàibǔ le yī gè zhuānmén qiāozhàlèsuǒ shāngjiā de tuánhuǒ.

Police arrested a gang that specialized in extorting businesses.

Tips

usage

敲诈勒索 is a four-character legal term combining two synonymous verbs: 敲诈 (to swindle/extort) and 勒索 (to extort/demand by force). Used in criminal law contexts. As a noun phrase it means 'extortion'.

Stroke Order

敲 qiāo

诈 zhà

勒 lè

索 suǒ