מַעֲשַׁקָּהmaʻăshaqqâh

extortionate act (Proverbs 28:16; Isaiah 33:15)

Pronunciation: mah-ash-ak-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4642

Same root

עָשַׁקʻâshaq · H6231to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Proverbs 28:16 A ruler with no understanding will oppress his people, but one who hates corruption will have a long life.
Isaiah 33:15 Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).