blackmail payment

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• 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 — is the crime of threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand made upon the victim is met. This information is usually of an embarrassing and/or socially damaging …   Wikipedia

• blackmail — [blak′māl΄] n. [lit., black rent < ME male, rent, tribute < OE mal, lawsuit, terms < ON lawsuit, discussion; infl. in ME by OFr maille, a coin] 1. Historical a tribute paid to freebooters and bandits along the Scottish border to assure… …   English World dictionary

• Blackmail — Black mail , n. [Black + mail a piece of money.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• blackmail — black|mail1 [ˈblækmeıl] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: black + mail payment (11 20 centuries) (from Old Norse mal speech, agreement )] 1.) when someone tries to get money from you or make you do what they want by threatening to tell other people …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• blackmail — blackmailer, n. /blak mayl /, n. 1. any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations. 2. the extortion of such payment: He confessed rather than suffer the dishonor of blackmail. 3. a tribute formerly… …   Universalium

• blackmail — black•mail [[t]ˈblækˌmeɪl[/t]] n. 1) a payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of prosecution or injurious revelations 2) the extortion of such payment 3) a tribute formerly exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by freebooting… …   From formal English to slang

• blackmail — /ˈblækmeɪl / (say blakmayl) noun 1. Law a. any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations. b. the extortion of such payment. 2. (formerly) a tribute exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by… …  

• blackmail — n. & v. n. 1 a an extortion of payment in return for not disclosing discreditable information, a secret, etc. b any payment extorted in this way. 2 the use of threats or moral pressure. v.tr. 1 extort or try to extort money etc. from (a person)… …   Useful english dictionary

• payment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of paying Nouns 1. payment, defrayment; discharge, remission; acquittance, quittance; settlement, clearance, liquidation, satisfaction, reckoning, arrangement, restitution, repayment, reimbursement;… …   English dictionary for students

• 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