kiristää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blackmail noun The crime of demanding money or favors by threatening to reveal damaging information.
- close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
- extort verb To obtain money or something else by threats, force, or abuse of power.
- gnash verb To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
- taper verb To become gradually narrower toward one end.
- tighten verb To make something tighter, firmer, or more secure.
Senses
kiristää is used for these senses in English:
- blackmail (Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.
- close (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- extort (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
- extort (transitive, legal) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
- gnash (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
- screw up (transitive) To raise (rent, fees, etc.) to extortionate levels.
- taper (intransitive, finance, of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.
- tighten (transitive) To make tighter.
blackmail — full definition
- noun The crime of demanding money or favors by threatening to reveal damaging information.
- verb To force someone to pay money or do something by threatening to expose damaging information.
close — full definition
- verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
- verb To bring something to an end.
- verb To stop operating, whether for the day or permanently.
- adj Near in distance, time, or relationship.
- adj Almost even or evenly matched.