Erpressung

== German == === Pronunciation === === Noun === Erpressung f (genitive Erpressung, plural Erpressungen) blackmail; coercion (the act, sometimes punishable, of forcing someone to some behaviour by means of a threat) (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, the latter of which does not necessarily involve a monetary gain. It does not distinguish between threats of violence and other unlawful threats. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === 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