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1. (n.) blackmail
a payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of prosecution or injurious revelations.
2. blackmail
the extortion of such payment.
3. blackmail
a tribute formerly exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by freebooting chiefs for protection from pillage.
4. (v.t.) blackmail
to subject to blackmail.
Etymology: (1840–50, Amer.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) blackmail
extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
2. (verb) blackmail, blackjack, pressure
exert pressure on someone through threats
3. (verb) blackmail
obtain through threats
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1. (verb) blackmail
to demand money or favors in exchange for keeping a secret
He had been blackmailing her for years.; arrested on charges of blackmail
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) blackmail
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. (noun) blackmail
payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure
3. (noun) blackmail
black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in silver
4. (verb) blackmail
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
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Sense: to obtain money illegally from (a person), usually by threatening to make known something which the victim wants to keep secret.
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 Afrikaans: afpers |
 Arabic: يَبْتَزُّ |
 Bulgarian: изнудвам |
 Brazilian: chantagear |
 Czech: vydírat |
 German: erpressen |
 Danish: afpresse |
 Greek: εκβιάζω |
 Spanish: chantajear |
 Estonian: välja pressima |
 Farsi: حق السکوت گرفتن |
 Finnish: kiristää |
 French: faire chanter |
 Hebrew: סְחִיטָה |
 Hindi: भयादोहन करना |
 Croatian: ucijeniti |
 Hungarian: (meg)zsarol |
 Indonesian: memeras |
 Icelandic: fjárkúga |
 Italian: ricattare |
 Japanese: 恐喝する |
 Korean: 갈취하다 |
 Lithuanian: šantažuoti |
 Latvian: šantažēt |
 Malay: peras ugut |
 Dutch: chanteren |
 Norwegian: presse penger av |
 Polish: szantażować |
 Persian: حق السکوت گرفتن |
 Pashto: بد نامول، دبدنامولو دډارپ |
 Portuguese: chantagem |
 Romanian: aşantaja |
 Russian: шантажировать |
 Slovak: vydierať |
 Slovenian: izsiljevati |
 Serbian: ucenjivati |
 Swedish: pressa ut pengar av |
 Thai: ขู่เอาเงินโดยว่าจะเปิดโปง |
 Turkish: şantaj yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 向...勒索 |
 Ukrainian: шантажувати |
 Urdu: افشائے راز کی دھمکی دینا |
 Vietnamese: tống tiền |
 Chinese: 勒索 |
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