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blackmail

('bl/&/k,m/eI/l )

extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

exert pressure on someone through threats(verb.social)

Synonym:
blackjack, pressure

source: wordnet30
obtain through threats(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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