chantagen.

Brit.

/ˌʃɒnˈtɑːʒ/,

/ˈtʃɑːntɪdʒ/,

/ˈtʃantɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈtʃæn(t)ɪdʒ/,

/ˌʃɑnˈtɑʒ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chantage.

Etymology: < French chantage (1839) < chanter to sing (see chant v.) + -age -age suffix.With the semantic development of the French noun compare faire chanter quelqu'un to blackmail (a person) (1808; 1640 in sense ‘to extract confessions from (a criminal)’) and chanter in its specific sense development ‘to yield to pressure’ (1674), as well as sing v.¹ 4d. Not fully naturalized in English; N.E.D. (1889) also gives a non-naturalized pronunciation (ʃāṅta·ʒ) /ʃɑ̃taʒ/.

The extortion of money or other benefit by threats or pressure, esp. by threatening to reveal a damaging or incriminating secret; blackmail; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > blackmail

blackmail1819

chantage1846

black1923

sanctification1975

1846 London Pioneer 7 Sept. 311/1 ‘Oh! I see,’ said Scipio, with a chuckle, ‘a new chantage, a philanthropic chantage.’

1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece xii. 367 Who extorted money from rich and quiet people by a sort of chantage.

1884 Law Times 29 Nov. 77/2 No one proposes that the laws which protect women from insult and outrage should be relaxed because they may be abused for the purpose of chantage.

1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xiii. 182 My first essay in chantage was turning out rather badly.

2002 S. Mahajan Brit. Foreign Policy iv. 96 Salisbury expressed irritation at the Bismarckian habit of chantage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chantage
释义	chantagen. Brit. /ˌʃɒnˈtɑːʒ/, /ˈtʃɑːntɪdʒ/, /ˈtʃantɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈtʃæn(t)ɪdʒ/, /ˌʃɑnˈtɑʒ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chantage. Etymology: < French chantage (1839) < chanter to sing (see chant v.) + -age -age suffix.With the semantic development of the French noun compare faire chanter quelqu'un to blackmail (a person) (1808; 1640 in sense ‘to extract confessions from (a criminal)’) and chanter in its specific sense development ‘to yield to pressure’ (1674), as well as sing v.¹ 4d. Not fully naturalized in English; N.E.D. (1889) also gives a non-naturalized pronunciation (ʃāṅta·ʒ) /ʃɑ̃taʒ/. The extortion of money or other benefit by threats or pressure, esp. by threatening to reveal a damaging or incriminating secret; blackmail; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > blackmail blackmail1819 chantage1846 black1923 sanctification1975 1846 London Pioneer 7 Sept. 311/1 ‘Oh! I see,’ said Scipio, with a chuckle, ‘a new chantage, a philanthropic chantage.’ 1874 J. P. Mahaffy Social Life Greece xii. 367 Who extorted money from rich and quiet people by a sort of chantage. 1884 Law Times 29 Nov. 77/2 No one proposes that the laws which protect women from insult and outrage should be relaxed because they may be abused for the purpose of chantage. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xiii. 182 My first essay in chantage was turning out rather badly. 2002 S. Mahajan Brit. Foreign Policy iv. 96 Salisbury expressed irritation at the Bismarckian habit of chantage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1846
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