transitive. Originally: to extort money from (a person, etc.) by intimidation, by the unscrupulous use of an official or social position, or of…
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释义 | society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > blackmail (4) blackmail1852 transitive. Originally: to extort money from (a person, etc.) by intimidation, by the unscrupulous use of an official or social position, or of… to put the black (on a person)1923 slang. Short for blackmail, n. 1b. to put the black (on a person): to blackmail. black1928 transitive. slang (now rare). To blackmail. Cf. black, n. 14. sanctify1977 slang. To blackmail (a person), esp. for the purposes of extracting political favours. Cf. sanctification, n. 4. |
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