blackmail
threatening pressure which is put on someone
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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 or socially damaging nature. As the information is substantially true, the act of revealing the information may not be criminal ...; the crime is making demands to withhold it.
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This information is usually of an embarrassing or socially damaging nature. As the information is substantially true, the act of revealing the information may not be criminal ...; the crime is making demands to withhold it.
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black-mail
noun (and verb)
: the forcing of someone (to give money, or other favours) by often written threats especially of public exposure, physical harm, or criminal prosecution
to blackmail
transitive verb
black-mail-er
person who practices this
Synonyms
blackmail, coercion, compulsion, demand, exaction, extortion, force, fraud, leg pulling, oppression, payoff, payola, pressure, protection, racket, rapacity, shake, shakedown, squeeze
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say something like:
"Blackmail is an example of the nastier side of human nature"
noun (and verb)
: the forcing of someone (to give money, or other favours) by often written threats especially of public exposure, physical harm, or criminal prosecution
to blackmail
transitive verb
black-mail-er
person who practices this
Synonyms
blackmail, coercion, compulsion, demand, exaction, extortion, force, fraud, leg pulling, oppression, payoff, payola, pressure, protection, racket, rapacity, shake, shakedown, squeeze
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Blackmail is an example of the nastier side of human nature"
