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Word: Blackmail
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (denoting protection money levied by Scottish chiefs): from black + obsolete mail ‘tribute, rent’, from Old Norse mál ‘speech, agreement’
ˈblakmeɪl
the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them
Short Definition:demanding of money from someone for not revealing information
Examples:- they were acquitted of charges of blackmail
- she recounted the blackmail threats
Word: Blackmail
Speech Type: Verb
ˈblakmeɪl
demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them
Short Definition:demand money from someone for not revealing information
Examples:- they use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate
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