英语词汇“blackmail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

blackmail

释义

extortion by threats, esp to expose secrets that would lead to loss of reputation, prosecution, etc

extortion by threats, esp by a threatened exposure of secrets that would lead to loss of reputation, prosecution, etc

money obtained in this way

political, industrial, or moral pressure to do something that is considered undesirable

[black¹ + mail tribute, payment, from Old English māl agreement, pay]

(often + into) to subject (a person, organization, etc) to blackmail

blackmailer noun

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