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OFFENCES > CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS > EXTORTION

Preferred term

EXTORTION  

Definition

  • ACT OR PRACTICE OF OBTAINING SOMETHING, ESPECIALLY MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLE PROPERTY, FROM AN UNWILLING PERSON BY PHYSICAL FORCE, INTIMIDATION OR ABUSE OF AUTHORITY

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • BLACKMAIL

History note

  • TERM RELABELLED MARCH 2009. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'BLACKMAIL' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:0a0a07e6-1644-45f5-a2ca-9f95c87c866b:3

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Date issued

  • 2022-09-20

DEFINITION SOURCE

  • UNICRI

Has previous version

In other languages

  • VYDÍRÁNÍ

    Czech

  • AFPRESNING

    Danish

  • AFPERSING

    Dutch

  • KIRISTYS

    Finnish

  • CHANTAGE

    French

  • ERPRESSUNG

    German

  • ΕΚΒΙΑΣΜΟΣ

    Greek

  • ZSAROLÁS

    Hungarian

  • FJÁRKÚGUN

    Icelandic

  • PRIEVARTAVIMAS

    Lithuanian

  • ŠANTAŽAS
  • UTPRESSING

    Norwegian

  • ȘANTAJ

    Romanian

  • DELAPIDARE
  • IZSILJEVANJE

    Slovenian

  • EXTORSIÓN

    Spanish

  • CHANTAJE
  • UTPRESSNING

    Swedish

URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/3/0a0a07e6-1644-45f5-a2ca-9f95c87c866b

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