勒索
lak6 sok3laak6 sok3lè suǒ
English
- to blackmail
- to extort
- to blackmail; to extort
粵語 — Cantonese
- 威脅其他人,利用對方弱點,要求對方做或唔做某樣嘢
Examples
被害人被勒索支付封口費已經很多年, 但現在他意識到這樣做是愚蠢的, 而且他已經決定再也不付一毛錢了。
The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
佢捉住咗我嘅痛腳,勒索我100萬。
She knows my dark secret and blackmailed me for million dollars.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk