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Chinese
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to search
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to scrape; to blow
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搜
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刮
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搜
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刮
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搜括
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Pronunciation
Verb
搜刮
- to extort; to plunder; to expropriate; to fleece
巧立名目搜刮民財 [MSC, trad.]
巧立名目搜刮民财 [MSC, simp.]- qiǎolìmíngmù sōuguā míncái
- to extort people's wealth under all sorts of pretexts
Synonyms
- 剝取／剥取 (bōqǔ)
- 吮吸 (shǔnxī) (figurative)
- 強取／强取 (qiángqǔ)
- 摟／搂 (lōu)
- 榨取 (zhàqǔ)
- 聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 聚斂／聚敛 (jùliǎn)