Threaten vs Sokaiya - What's the difference?
threaten | sokaiya |
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 To menace, or be dangerous.
To portend, or give a warning of.
A form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.
As a verb threaten
is to make a threat against someone; to use threats.As a noun sokaiya is
a form of racketeer in japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.threaten
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.}}
- He threatened me with a knife.
- The rocks threatened the ship's survival.
- The black clouds threatened heavy rain.