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Record 1 2002-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

The extortion of money, etc. by threats, especially threats of disgracing a person by revealing his or her unsavoury secrets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Délit consistant à extorquer à une personne des fonds ou une signature à l'aide de menaces, principalement de menaces de révélations ou d'imputations diffamatoires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Vocabulario general
DEF

Extorsión o amenaza que se hace a una persona persiguiendo obtener de ella cierta cantidad de dinero a cambio de no dar a la publicidad hechos suyos que puedan desprestigiarla o deshonrarla.

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