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Definition of Blackmail

1. Noun. Extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information.

2. Verb. Exert pressure on someone through threats. "They blackmail him to write the letter"

3. Verb. Obtain through threats.

Definition of Blackmail

1. n. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.

2. v. t. To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.

Definition of Blackmail

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackmail

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blacklister blacklisters blacklisting blacklists blackly blackmail (current term) blackmailed blackmailer blackmailers blackmailing

blackmails blackmouth bass blackness blacknesses blackout blackout blackouts blackpoll blackpoll blackpolls

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