強きょう請せい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

blackmail; extortion; coercion

Formal or literary term for forcing someone to do something against their will, often involving threats or pressure. Covers blackmail, extortion, and general coercion.

• 彼かれは強きょう請せいで金かねを巻まき上あげられた。

  He was blackmailed out of his money.

• その政せい治じ家かは強きょう請せいの疑うたがいで逮たい捕ほされた。

  The politician was arrested on suspicion of extortion.