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- Extortion - This refers to forcing someone to give money or other valuable items to another so that the other person does not harm him. It is considered wrong.
- makes a wise man foolish - Possible meanings are 1) "turns the wise man into a foolish man" or 2) "makes the advice of the wise man appear to be foolish advice."
- corrupts the heart - Here the word "heart" refers to the mind. AT: "ruins a person's ability to think and judge rightly" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)