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Word division: er·pres·sen
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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.

Zahlreiche Schiffe wurden von Piraten angegriffen und festgehalten und die Besatzungen gefangen genommen, um Lösegeld für ihre Freilassung zu erpressen. [EU] Numerous ships have been attacked and detained by pirates, who hold the crew hostage until a ransom is paid for their release.

The example sentences [G] were kindly provided by the Goethe Institute.
Sentences marked by [EU] derived from DGT Multilingual Translation Memory. The European Commission retains ownership of the copyright in the original data.
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