搜刮 (sōu guā) | Meaning: to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry

to press · to squeeze · to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing压榨yā zhà

to extract · to squeeze out (juice etc) · (fig.) to exploit榨取zhà qǔ

to accumulate wealth · to rake in money敛财liǎn cái

to gather; to accumulate; (esp.) to amass wealth by heavy taxation or other unscrupulous means · (science) convergent聚敛jù liǎn

to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force横征暴敛héng zhēng bào liǎn

to oppress · to repress · to constrict · oppression · stress (physics)压迫yā pò

to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry