German | English | |
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erpresst werden {v} | to be subject to blackmail | |
Eine Bande erpresste ihn mit intimen Fotos. | A gang blackmailed him over intimate photographs. | |
jdn. erpressen (mit etw.) {vt} | to blackmail sb. (with sth.) | |
erpressend | blackmailing | |
erpresst | blackmailed | |
von jdm. Geld erpressen; jdm. Geld abpressen | to blackmail sb. for money | |
Wir sollten uns nicht zu so etwas erpressen lassen. | We should not be blackmailed into such a thing. | |
Ich lasse mich nicht (dazu) erpressen. | I won't be blackmailed into complying.; I refuse to be blackmailed into complying. | |
etw. erpressen {vt} (von jdm.) | to extort sth. (from sb.) | |
erpressend | extorting | |
erpresst | extorted | |
erpresst | extorts | |
erpresste | extorted | |
Schmiergelder erpressen | to extort bribes | |
Das Geständnis war (von ihm) erpresst worden. | The confession had been extorted (from him). |