chout /chowt/

1. In India, one-fourth part of the revenue, extorted by the Mahrattas as blackmail
2. Hence, blackmail, extortion

• make a clean breast
• make a clean sweep
• make a clean sweep of
• make a day of it
• make a difference
• make a face
• make a fast buck
• make a figure
• make a fool of
• make after
• make a fuss
• make a fuss of
• make against
• make a good fist of
• make a good meal
• make a good thing of it
• make a go of
• make a habit of
• make a hash of
• make a hit with
• make a hole in
• make a hole in eg one's pocket
• make a hole in the water
• make a Horlicks of
• make a killing