scare into doing
phrasal verbscare somebody into doing something
- to frighten somebody in order to make them do something
威胁，恐吓（某人做某事） - Local businesses were scared into paying protection money.
当地商家迫于威胁交了保护费。 - They're just trying to scare us into letting out the secret.
他们不过是想要吓唬我们说出秘密。
- Local businesses were scared into paying protection money.