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Money paid, especially at regular intervals, to criminals or to corrupt officials who threaten to cause harm to the payer or to his or her business if the money is not paid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
protecció
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Chinese Mandarin:
保護費 /保护费
(bǎohùfèi)
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Czech:
výpalné
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Danish:
beskyttelsespenge
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Finnish:
suojeluraha
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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French:
argent de racket
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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German:
Schutzgeld
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Hebrew:
דְּמֵי חָסוּת
(dmey khasut)
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Indonesian:
jaminan perlindungan
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Irish:
cosaint
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Italian:
pizzo
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Korean:
보호금
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Romanian:
taxă de protecție
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Russian:
пла́та за защи́ту
(pláta za zaščítu)
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Russian:
пла́та за покрови́тельство
(pláta za pokrovítelʹstvo)
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Russian:
пла́та за кры́шу
(pláta za krýšu)
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Slovak:
výpalné
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Spanish:
renta
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Spanish:
protección
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Swedish:
beskyddarpengar
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Swedish:
skyddspengar
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Ukrainian:
кришування бізнесу
(kryšuvannja biznesu)
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
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Vietnamese:
bảo kê
— money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm
