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die Erpressung

noun · feminine B2
  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. extortion; blackmail (the crime of forcing monetary values from someone by means of a threat)

Genitive der Erpressung · Plural die Erpressungen

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Noun forms

SingularPlural
Nominativedie Erpressungdie Erpressungen
Accusativedie Erpressungdie Erpressungen
Dativeder Erpressungden Erpressungen
Genitiveder Erpressungder Erpressungen

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