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   Black·mail

   /ˈblakˌmāl/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action, treated as a criminal offense, 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: "“If you don't talk to her, I'll move out.” “That's blackmail and you know it.”"

   verb

   • 1. demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them: "trying to blackmail him for $400,000" Similar extort money fromthreatenhold to ransommilkbleedinformal:demand hush money from
   • ▪ force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings: "he had blackmailed her into sailing with him" Similar coercepressurizepressurebring pressure to bear onbulldozeforcerailroadinformal:lean onput the screws ontwist someone's arm

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting protection money levied by Scottish chiefs): from black + obsolete mail ‘tribute, rent’, from Old Norse mál ‘speech, agreement’.

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   These are words and phrases related to blackmail. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of blackmail. For not turning the evidence over to the police, she demanded $10,000 blackmail from him. Synonyms. hush money. extortion. shakedown. payoff. tribute. blackmail. verb.

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   5 days ago · blackmail. (noun) in the sense of threat. Definition. the use of unfair pressure in an attempt to influence someone. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail. Synonyms. threat. intimidation. ransom. compulsion. protection (informal) coercion. extortion. pay-off (informal) shakedown. hush money (slang) exaction.