| Change log entry 49076 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2013-07-05 05:29:19 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 47757 - submitted by 'xiaoxiong' >> Can one extort without threats? Also not sure if "a protection racket" is appropriate. Editor: Good point. "extortion always involves a written or verbal threat whereas robbery can occur without any verbal or written threat" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion The author of the entry may have been thinking of phrases such as the legal term "extortion with threats to kill" etc. "protection racket" is a specific type of extortion: "an extortion scheme whereby a criminal group or individual coerces a victim (usually a business) to pay money, supposedly for protection services against violence or property damage. Racketeers coerce reticent potential victims into buying "protection" by demonstrating what will happen if they don't" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket On the other hand some sources like NC include "to racketeer" in their definitions, and blackmail is a specific type of extortion, too, just as protection rackets are. Anyway, I guess we can leave it out of the definition, at least for now. Interestingly, from some examples I read, it seems that 敲詐 has the same (loose) sense of "charging exorbitant fee" that "extortion" can have in English. |
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- 敲詐 敲诈 [qiao1 zha4] /to extort with threats/extortion/a protection racket/blackmail/ + 敲詐 敲诈 [qiao1 zha4] /to extort/extortion/blackmail/ |