Erpressung

German

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Noun

Erpressung f (genitive Erpressung, plural Erpressungen)

1. blackmail; coercion (the act, sometimes punishable, of forcing someone to some behaviour by means of a threat)

   Es ist reine Erpressung, wenn sie sagt, dass sie sich scheiden lässt, falls ich nicht mit ihr nach München ziehe.

   It’s pure blackmail when she says that she’ll get a divorce if I don’t move to Munich with her.

2. (law) extortion; blackmail (the crime of forcing monetary values from someone by means of a threat)

Usage notes

• German law distinguishes between Erpressung in the above sense and Nötigung, which latter does not necessarily involve a monetary gain. It does not distinguish between threats of violence and other unlawful threats.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Erpressung	die	Erpressungen
genitive	einer	der	Erpressung	der	Erpressungen
dative	einer	der	Erpressung	den	Erpressungen
accusative	eine	die	Erpressung	die	Erpressungen

Declension of Erpressung [feminine]

Related terms

• erpressen
• Erpresser
• Erpressungsbrief
• Erpressungsgeld
• Erpressungsopfer
• Erpressungsversuch
• Schutzgelderpressung

See also

• Drohung
• Nötigung
• Erzwingung

Further reading

• “Erpressung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Erpressung” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Erpressung” in Duden online
• “Erpressung” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Erpressung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de