敲诈

Traditional form:

敲詐

Pinyin (reading):

qiāozhà

Definitions:

• to rip off
• to extort (money)
• extortion
• blackmail

Characters:

• 敲 - to hammer, to pound, to strike
• 诈 - to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous

Traditional characters:

• 敲 - to hammer, to pound, to strike
• 詐 - to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous