Idioms describing extortion

Knocking on the east and knocking on the west, extortion and persecution everywhere.

Source: Cai Dongfan's "Popular Romance of the Later Han Dynasty" The second time: "People are most afraid of losing food, and local officials and punishments drive the situation, knocking on the east and forcing the west."

The release of unruly people means making things difficult for blackmail and bullying.

Source: Shi Ming Naian's Water Margin 10 1 Back: "His father Wang Ying is a big family in Tokyo. He went to the yamen with all his heart, argued, went to court, let go of his pride and went to goodness, so everyone gave him some. "

Threaten by relying on power or grasping the handle, and extort property by threatening means.

Source: Qu Bo's "Lin Xuehai Yuan" Sansan: "One Fu Song, one Darren Wang, specializing in picketing the Cullen gold rush and forest workers, doing evil, extortion, and doing all kinds of evil."

Threaten by relying on power or grasping the handle, and extort property by threatening means. Same as "extortion".

To hollow out is to make excuses, blackmail and extract.

Source: Song Yuwenbao's "Blowing the Sword": "Xue Temple was hollowed out in Xuanzhou County in the current season. Although there are officials who serve the law, they want to be lenient and cannot succeed. " Song Qiuke's System of Building Cities: "Sometimes there are really narrow-minded people, counties are not accommodating, and there is little intention of supervision."

Choose fat to eat: choose; Bite: bite. Metaphor chooses rich people to blackmail.

Source: Qing Wu Ren Jian's "Confused World" Volume 9: "The upper level has been limited to the first county for three days, and the first county has been limited to officials for one and a half days. These officers are rubbing their hands and eating fat. The next morning, seven or eight people were arrested. "