Her kidnapper extorted a £175,000 ransom for her release.绑匪索取175,000英镑的赎金才肯放她。

Some magistrates have abused their powers of arrest to extort confessions.一些地方法官滥用其拘捕权用以逼供。

Corrupt government officials were extorting money from him.腐败的政府官员敲诈他的钱财。

I extorted from them, after a long wrangle, a free hand to say what I liked.经过长时间的争取, 我总算从他们那里获得了想说什么说什么的自由。