英语词汇“blackmailed”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

blackmailed

释义

blackmail /blakˈmāl/

noun

Payment made to robbers for protection (historical)
Hush-money extorted under threat of exposure, often baseless
Such extortion
The use of threats to compel

transitive verb

To extort money from (a person)
To force by threats (into doing something)

ORIGIN: black and mail, an obsolete term for payment of money

blackˈmailer noun

blackmail selling noun

The practice of refusing to further the sale of property unless the purchaser fulfils certain conditions, such as arranging the mortgage with a given company

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