Trash is not emptying

Hello,
I have facing this problem from past few days
My trash won't empty
I tried to holding down option key and then empty the trash, but it didn't work..
I tried "trash it" but it also did not work
I repaired disk from disk utility pressing CMD+R at boot time ; it also did not work
I got Message at first saying "The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “” can’t be read or written. (Error code -36)"
Then I pressed continue and nothing happened
now when I empty the Trash it simply dont empty it..
Please Help.

Thanks Zyriab for Help
But I followed your instruction carefully
I entered the command you specified; but
When I tried opt+right click on Finder in the Dock, It did not show me any 'Relaunch' option in that menu
It shows only two options (1) Open, (2) Empty Trash

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