blackmail (noun)

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• blackmail — ► NOUN 1) the demanding of money from someone in return for not revealing discreditable information. 2) the use of threats or manipulation in an attempt to influence someone s actions. ► VERB ▪ subject to blackmail. DERIVATIVES blackmailer noun.… …   English terms dictionary

• blackmail — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ emotional, moral ▪ economic, nuclear, political BLACKMAIL + NOUN ▪ attempt, threat …   Collocations dictionary

• blackmail — black·mail / blak ˌmāl/ n [originally, payment extorted from farmers in Scotland and northern England, from black + dialectal mail payment, rent]: extortion or coercion by often written threats esp. of public exposure, physical harm, or criminal… …   Law dictionary

• blackmail — noun the criminal offence of demanding money from someone in return for not revealing discreditable information. ↘the use of threats or unfair manipulation in an attempt to influence someone: emotional blackmail. verb subject to blackmail.… …   English new terms dictionary

• blackmail selling — noun The practice of refusing to further the sale of property unless the purchaser fulfils certain conditions, such as arranging the mortgage with a given company • • • Main Entry: ↑blackmail …   Useful english dictionary

• blackmail — noun Etymology: black + 1mail Date: 1552 1. a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage 2. a. extortion or coercion by threat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• blackmail — ▪ I. blackmail black‧mail 1 [ˈblækmeɪl] noun [uncountable] LAW demanding money from a person or organization by threatening them, for example threatening to tell secrets about them if they do not pay: • Most of his wealth had been acquired… …   Financial and business terms

• blackmail — I UK [ˈblækˌmeɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms blackmail : present tense I/you/we/they blackmail he/she/it blackmails present participle blackmailing past tense blackmailed past participle blackmailed * 1) to make someone give you money or… …   English dictionary

• blackmail — black|mail1 [ blæk,meıl ] noun uncount 1. ) the crime of making someone give you money or do what you want by threatening to tell people embarrassing information about them: Barrett was in court, facing a charge of blackmail. 2. ) the use of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• blackmail — 1 verb (T) to demand money or favours from someone by threatening to tell secrets about them: blackmail sb into doing sth: Don t think you can blackmail me into helping you! blackmailer noun (C) 2 noun (U) 1 the practice of getting money from… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• blackmail — 1. noun a) 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. to levy blackmail… …   Wiktionary