intimidation 復習
オレゴン州ポートランドの路面電車で、殺傷事件が起き、2人が死亡、1人が重傷を負いました。ヘイトスピーチが関連しているとのことです。
Man in custody over fatal stabbing of 2 in Oregon train incident involving hate speech
A man is in custody in Portland, Oregon, in connection with stabbings on a light-rail train that left two people dead and one injured after commuters tried to calm the suspect who was yelling what police said "would best be characterized as hate speech."
Jeremy Joseph Christian of North Portland is being held without bail at the Multnomah County Jail on charges of aggravated murder, attempted murder, intimidation in the second degree and felon in possession of a restricted weapon. Christian, 35, will be arraigned Monday at the Multnomah County Courthouse, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
Police said multiple officers responded to a report of a disturbance on an eastbound MAX train at the Hollywood Transit Station involving a man who stabbed two people on Friday around 4:30 p.m. local time. While en route to the scene, officers learned that the suspect had exited the train and was fleeing the area on foot toward Providence Medical Center, police said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/stabbed-killed-portland-transit-station/story?id=47672660
取り上げる単語は"intimidation"です。文脈から予測すると、犯罪の種類を意味していることが分かります。
『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「（…に対する）脅し」とありました。動詞では"intimidate"で「脅迫する、脅す、おびえさせる、畏縮させる」となります。したがってここでは、「殺人と脅迫の罪で」となるかと思います。
LDOCEでは、"to frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you want"や"to make someone feel worried and not confident"と定義されています。(Akim)
