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εκβιασμός
extortion /ek.vja.ˈzmos/
nounC1#3133 most common
Also: blackmail, coercion
Example sentences
Αυτό είναι εκβιασμός!
This is extortion!
Ο εκβιασμός είναι έγκλημα.
Extortion is a crime.
Η αστυνομία συνέλαβε τον άντρα για εκβιασμό.
The police arrested the man for extortion.
Δέχτηκε εκβιασμό από τον πρώην σύντροφό της.
She was blackmailed by her ex-partner.
Ο δημοσιογράφος κατήγγειλε τον εκβιασμό που δέχτηκε από την εταιρεία.
The journalist reported the extortion he suffered at the hands of the company.
Η κυβέρνηση κατηγορήθηκε ότι άσκησε οικονομικό εκβιασμό στις μικρότερες χώρες της Ένωσης.
The government was accused of exercising economic coercion against the Union's smaller countries.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | εκβιασμός | εκβιασμοί |
| Genitive | εκβιασμού | εκβιασμών |
| Accusative | εκβιασμό | εκβιασμούς |
| Vocative | εκβιασμέ | εκβιασμοί |
Word family
εκβιάζωto extort, to blackmail, to coerce
εκβιαστήςextortionist, blackmailer (male)
εκβιάστριαextortionist, blackmailer (female)
εκβιαστικόςcoercive, of the nature of blackmail
βίαforce, violenceEtymology
Εκβιασμός is the noun form of the verb εκβιάζω, built from the prefix εκ- (out, from) and βιάζω (to force), itself from βία (force, violence). The suffix -σμός turns the verb into an abstract noun naming the act, so εκβιασμός literally denotes the act of forcing something out of someone. The word entered its modern legal and everyday sense, extortion or blackmail, from this same image of coercion.
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