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Blackmail
ˈblakmeɪl
Blackmail definitions
noun
blackmail
- the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them
"they were acquitted of charges of blackmail"
- money demanded by a person or group engaged in blackmail
"we do not pay blackmail"
- the use of threats or the manipulation of someone's feelings to force them to do something
"some people use emotional blackmail"
verb
blackmail
blackmailed
blackmailing
blackmails
- demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them
"they use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate"
- force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings
"he had blackmailed her into sailing with him"