追索

zhuīsuǒ
  1. to demand payment
  2. to extort
  3. to trace
  4. to seek
  5. to pursue
  6. to explore

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to press for payment of a debt or return of something borrowed; to demand repayment of debt
  2. (literary) to pursue and take into custody; to pursue and apprehend
  3. (literary) to search for; to pursue; to track down
  4. to press for payment of a debt or return of something borrowed; to demand repayment of debt
  5. to pursue and take into custody; to pursue and apprehend
  6. to search for; to pursue; to track down

Wiktionary

追赶取回。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 追 zhuī
  1. to chase
  2. to pursue
  3. to look into
  4. to investigate
  5. to reminisce
  6. to recall
  7. to court (one's beloved)
  8. to binge-watch (a TV drama)
  9. retroactively
  10. posthumously
2 索 suǒ
  1. to search
  2. to demand
  3. to ask
  4. to exact
  5. large rope
  6. isolated

Related entries

讨账 tǎozhàng
  1. to demand payment
  2. to collect overdue payment
要钱 yàoqián
  1. to charge
  2. to demand payment
苟取 gǒuqǔ
  1. (literary) to extort
  2. to take as bribe
勒索 lèsuǒ
  1. to blackmail
  2. to extort
被害人被勒索支付封口費已經很多年, 但現在他意識到這樣做是愚蠢的, 而且他已經決定再也不付一毛錢了。

The victim of blackmail has been paying hush money for years, but now he realizes it is foolish, and has decided not to pay a red cent more.

Source: Tatoeba

敲诈 qiāozhà
  1. to rip off
  2. to extort (money)
  3. extortion
  4. blackmail
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