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to blackmail

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

e2zha4 ézhà

Meaning


Primary

to blackmail

Alternatives

blackmail, blackmails, blackmailed, blackmailing

Mnemonic


One way 讹诈 to blackmail someone is 诈 to swindle someone into doing something illegal or inappropriate and then use your knowledge of their wrong in order 讹 to extort money from them.

Usage


他 用 假 文件 讹诈 公司。

He used fake documents to blackmail the company.

那 个 人 因为 讹诈 被 逮捕 了。

That person was arrested for blackmail.

任何 讹诈 行为 都 是 违法 的。

Any act of blackmail is illegal.

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