To extort or blackmail someone by threatening or using force.
依仗势力或抓籽柄进行恐吓，用威胁手段索取财物。
曲波《林海雪原》三三一名宋福，一名王大路，专门纠察库仑比的淘金工作和山林工人，为非作歹，敲诈勒索，无恶不作。”
The gangster was arrested for trying to extort money from the shop owner.
Learn the next connected idiom: 敲诈勒索 (qiāo zhà lè suǒ) → 索然无味 (suǒ rán wú wèi)
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