Cristina está estrujando a su padre para pagar por sus caprichos y a él no le queda dinero.Cristina is bleeding her father dry to pay for her whims and he has no money left.
Antes de entrar a la entrevista, me estrujó la mano, queriendo tranquilizarme.Before I went in to the interview, she squeezed my hand, wanting to reassure me.
La papelera estaba llena de papeles que el escritor había estrujado y desechado.The waste basket was full of papers which the writer had scrunched up and thrown away.
Estrujé la hoja donde estaba escribiendo porque había demasiadas tachaduras.I screwed up the sheet I was writing on because it had too many things crossed out.
estrujarse
Un verbo pronominal siempre usa un pronombre reflexivo. (p. ej. Te ves cansado.).