| 单词 | blackmailed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈblackmailed ˈblackmailed adj. and n. (a) adj. that is subjected to blackmail; (b) n. (with the) the victim or (collectively) victims of blackmail. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > blackmail > one who is blackmailed blackmailed1895 1855 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 19 Oct. The first to discover that it is more dishonorable to live off a relative than the blackmailed charity of the prostituted security of corrupt office-holders. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 18 Feb. 2/1 There must be a distinct threat, a direct menace of the blackmailed by the black~mailer. 1971 New York 16 Aug. 27/2 The blackmailed narcotics pusher did what they never expected; he screamed to the Internal Affairs Division at headquarters. 2003 N. McKenna Secret Life Oscar Wilde (2005) 181 The relationships between the blackmailers and the blackmailed were not..always clear-cut. < as lemmas |
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