脅(おど)すto threaten, to menace, to bully

強盗(ごうとう)犯(はん)は店長(てんちょう)を脅(おど)して金(かね)を奪(うば)った。

The robber threatened the store manager and stole the money.

刃物(はもの)で脅(おど)して金品(きんぴん)を奪(うば)うのはとても卑怯(ひきょう)です。

It is very cowardly to threaten with a blade and steal money and goods.

敵(てき)を凶器(きょうき)で脅(おど)した。しかし敵(てき)は口(くち)を割(わ)らなかった。

I threatened the enemy with a deadly weapon. However, the enemy did not spill the beans.

住人(じゅうにん)を脅(おど)してトラウマを植(う)え付(つ)けた奴(やつ)らに重罰(じゅうばつ)を与(あた)えねばならぬ。

We must severely punish those who threatened the residents and planted trauma in them.

脅(おど)されて口(くち)を閉(と)ざした共犯(きょうはん)者(しゃ)の口(くち)を割(わ)らない事(こと)には仲間(なかま)を捕(つか)まえられません。

We cannot catch their mates unless the accomplice who was threatened and kept silent breaks his silence.