To cruelly exploit people's wealth; to extort exorbitant sums from the populace, as if pounding their bones and draining their marrow.
旧社会的一些不法商人，常常捶骨沥髓地盘剥穷苦百姓。
In the old society, some unscrupulous merchants often cruelly exploited the poor, as if pounding their bones and draining their marrow.
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