noun
blackmail; extortion; coercion
Archaic noun for blackmail or extortion; the modern equivalent is 強請 (きょうせい).
See also: 強請 (きょうせい)
古文書には「もがり」という語が強請の意味で見られる。
In old documents, the word もがり appears with the meaning of blackmail or extortion.
The modern standard word for blackmail or extortion; もがり is its archaic predecessor.
The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji 強請 are used as gikun for the reading もがり, which is an archaic term for blackmail.