kotongan
kotongán with stress marks
to extort [from someone]
From root: kotong
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
kinotongan
ki-no-tong-AN
extorted
Present (Incomplete)
kinokotongan
ki-no-ko-tong-AN
is being extorted
Future (Contemplated)
kokotongan
ko-ko-tong-AN
will be extorted
Usage Note
Kotongan is the object-focus locative -an form of kotong, focusing on the victim being shaken down rather than the extorter. Most commonly used in passive or reportorial constructions describing vendors, drivers, or ordinary citizens as the targets of corrupt extraction by officials or enforcers. Pairs with the actor-focus mangotong.
Examples
" Huwag mong kotongan ang tindera. "
Natural Translation
Do not extort the vendor.
Literal Translation
Don't you to-extort the vendor.
" Sinubukan ng pulis na kotongan ang tsuper. "
Natural Translation
The police officer tried to extort the driver.
Literal Translation
Tried of police to extort the driver.
" Madalas kotongan ng ilang tiwaling opisyal ang mga maliliit na negosyante na walang kakayahang lumaban sa kanila. "
Natural Translation
Small business owners who have no power to fight back are often extorted by some corrupt officials.
Literal Translation
Often extorted of some corrupt officials the plural small businesspeople that no ability to-fight against them.
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