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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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Word for a police man getting money from someone forcefully
Colloquially it is also referred to as a shakedown or squeeze.
In a clear case of corruption or a racketing it can also be called a pay off or protection money.
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"Pair" or "couple"?
In my experience pair of means 2 and couple of means 2 or more.
A pair of puffins
This would be 2 puffins.
A couple of puffins
This would be 2 or a few (small number of) puffins.
What I t …
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Proceed vs. Proceed further/ahead- Redundancy
Proceed further might be a pleonasm, however in the context you gave it looks like it is being used much like go and go ahead or go on. As in to proceed after a pause, so shorthand for proceed from th …