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вымогать деньгиstresses
gen. blackmail; squeeze money; bleed; trim; dun somebody out of his money; make somebody squeal; fleece; extort money from (у кого-либо); gouge money out of (у кого-либо); gouge out of money (у кого-либо); squeeze money from (у кого-либо)
bank. extort money
explan. rip-off; rip off (В.И.Макаров)
inf. shake down (оказывая психологическое давление: "My partner allegedly lightly bumped the license plate on the bumper of another vehicle. The damage is clearly negligible – I saw a photo and there is a tiny mark behind the license plate. In fact, it looks like it was just caused by installing the license plate. (...) My partner is now being harrassed daily for payment – the price keeps decreasing, clearly there either is no damage or the repair is so low it’s not worth going to ICBC. This person is now threatening my partner by saying that they will claim rental car fees etc." "Tell'em to eat shit and go through ICBC, they're trying to shake down your partner." (Reddit) ART Vancouver)
inf., amer. gouge
law, jarg. pinch
Makarov. make someone squeal; squeeze from (someone); у кого-либо); squeeze money from (someone); у кого-либо); squeeze money out of (someone); у кого-либо); squeeze out of (someone); у кого-либо); dun out of his money
slang put someone on the shake; put the shake on (someone); rip off; shake; put the bite on sb ((у кого-л.: "Did Vannier have any evidence?" I asked. "Or did he just happen to see what happened and put the bite on you and you paid him a little now and then to avoid scandal—and because you were really very fond of Merle?" (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver)
вымогать у кого-либо деньги
gen. get money out of; put through the wringer
вымогать деньги: 22 phrases in 6 subjects
Australian2
Economy1
General7
Idiomatic1
Makarov10
Slang1