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• To levy blackmail — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 — Synonyms and related words: account, allowance, ask, ask for, assessment, badger, badger game, bill, blood money, bloodsucking, boodle, booty, call, call for, challenge, claim, clamor for, coerce, compel, contribution, cry for, demand, demand for …   Moby Thesaurus

• 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

• levy — v. & n. v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 a impose (a rate or toll). b raise (contributions or taxes). c (also absol.) raise (a sum of money) by legal execution or process (the debt was levied on the debtor s goods). d seize (goods) in this way. e extort (levy …   Useful english dictionary

• LEVY, BENN WOLFE — (1900–1973), playwright, theater producer, and politician. Levy was born in London, educated   at Repton and Oxford, and served in the Royal Air Force in 1918. From 1923 he was a publisher and playwright whose works were well known during the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Blackmail (1929 film) — Infobox Film name = Blackmail caption = Original insert poster imdb id = 0019702 amg id =1:5977 producer = Uncredited: John Maxwell for British International Pictures director = Alfred Hitchcock writer = Play: Charles Bennett Adaption: Alfred… …   Wikipedia

• Blackmail — Para Película de Lesley Selander, véase Blackmail (1947). Blackmail Museo Británico, donde se desarrolla el climax de la película Título Blackmail …   Wikipedia Español

• levy — Synonyms and related words: angary, annex, annexation, annexure, ask, ask for, assess, assessment, attach, attachment, beat the drums, blackmail, boot, bugle call, burden with, call, call for, call to arms, call up, call up, catchword, cess,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• exact — Synonyms and related words: accurate, appreciative, ask, ask for, assess, attentive, badger, be hurting for, be indicated, blackmail, brook no denial, burden with, call for, careful, challenge, charge, charge for, claim, clamor for, close, compel …   Moby Thesaurus

• extort — Synonyms and related words: abstract, and, annex, appropriate, ask, ask for, badger, bag, blackmail, bleed, boost, borrow, bully, call for, challenge, cheat, claim, clamor for, coerce, cop, crib, cry for, defraud, demand, embezzle, exact, extract …   Moby Thesaurus