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  1. Sextortion

    Sextortion is a form of revenge porn that employs non-physical forms of coercion to extort sexual favors from the victim. Sextortion refers to the broad category of sexual exploitation in which abuse of power is the means of coercion, as well as to the category of sexual exploitation in which threatened release of sexual images or information is the means of coercion.


    Submitted by acronimous on October 16, 2019  


  2. Sextortion

    Sextortion refers to a form of blackmail in which sexual information or images are used to extort sexual favors from the victim.


    Submitted by acronimous on October 16, 2019  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sextortion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sextortion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Sextortion in a Sentence

  1. Antigone Davis:

    There’s no one panacea for the issue of sextortion or the issue of the non-consensual sharing of intimate images, it really does take a holistic approach.

  2. The FBI:

    Mr. Cox thought he could hide behind the anonymity of the internet to terrorize his young victims, causing them untold mental anguish, but this sentence is a clear message that those who engage in sextortion will be held accountable for their heinous actions.

  3. Gavin Portnoy:

    Sextortion is one of the biggest growing crimes we see at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, we’re calling it the hidden pandemic, and nobody is really talking about it.


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