BLACKMAIL


Meaning of BLACKMAIL in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.

It looks like the pictures were being used for ~...

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you describe an action as emotional or moral ~, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person’s emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.

The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional ~.

N-UNCOUNT disapproval

3.

If one person ~s another person, they use ~ against them.

The government insisted that it would not be ~ed by violence...

I thought he was trying to ~ me into saying whatever he wanted.

VERB: V n, V n into -ing/n, also V n with n

~er (~ers)

The nasty thing about a ~er is that his starting point is usually the truth.

N-COUNT

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