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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024black•mail /ˈblækˌmeɪl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- an act of frightening someone into making a payment of money, as by revealing secrets:accused of blackmail based on the threatening letters he wrote.
- the payment made:The blackmail was $25,000.
- any similar act of threatening someone into doing something undesirable:The spoiled brat used emotional blackmail on his parents.
v. [~ + object] - to force (someone) into paying blackmail:For years his partner blackmailed him with those pictures he had taken.
black•mail•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024black•mail (blak′māl′),USA pronunciation n. - any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations.
- the extortion of such payment:He confessed rather than suffer the dishonor of blackmail.
- a tribute formerly exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by freebooting chiefs for protection from pillage.
v.t. - to extort money from (a person) by the use of threats.
- to force or coerce into a particular action, statement, etc.:The strikers claimed they were blackmailed into signing the new contract.
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