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blackmail    音標拼音: [bl'ækm,el]
n. 勒索
vt. 勒索

勒索勒索

blackmail
n 1: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting
information
v 1: exert pressure on someone through threats [synonym:
{blackmail}, {blackjack}, {pressure}]
2: obtain through threats

Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black mail a piece of money.]
1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing,
anciently paid, in the north of England and south of
Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or
moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]

2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also,
extortion of money from a person by threats of public
accusation, exposure, or censure.
[1913 Webster]

3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the
lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in
silver.
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{To levy blackmail}, to extort money by threats, as of injury
to one's reputation.
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Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackmailed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Blackmailing}.]
To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than
bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.;
as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an
alleged fraud. [U. S.]
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111 Moby Thesaurus words for "blackmail":
account, allowance, ask, ask for, assessment, badger, badger game,
bill, blood money, bloodsucking, boodle, booty, call, call for,
challenge, claim, clamor for, coerce, compel, contribution,
cry for, demand, demand for, draft, drain, duty, emolument, exact,
exaction, extort, extortion, extortionate demand, fee, footing,
force, force from, graft, haul, heavy demand, hot goods,
hush money, impose, imposition, impost, indent, initiation fee,
insistent demand, issue an ultimatum, levy, levy blackmail, loot,
make, make a demand, mileage, nonnegotiable demand, notice, order,
order up, perks, perquisite, pickings, place an order, plunder,
pork barrel, prize, protection racket, pry loose from, public till,
public trough, put in requisition, ransom, reckoning, rend,
rend from, require, requirement, requisition, retainer,
retaining fee, rip, rip from, rush, rush order, scot, screw,
shake down, shakedown, snatch from, spoil, spoils,
spoils of office, squeeze, stealings, stipend, stolen goods, swag,
take, tax, taxing, tear from, till, tribute, ultimatum, vampirism,
warn, warning, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from

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  • Blackmail - Wikipedia
    Blackmail is the use of threat to prevent another from engaging in a lawful occupation and writing libelous letters or letters that provoke a breach of the peace, as well as use of intimidation for purposes of collecting an unpaid debt
  • BLACKMAIL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of BLACKMAIL is a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage How to use blackmail in a sentence
  • BLACKMAIL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    BLACKMAIL definition: 1 the act of getting money from people or forcing them to do something by threatening to tell a… Learn more
  • What Constitutes Blackmail: Threats, Demands, and Intent
    Blackmail isn't just a threat — prosecutors must prove a specific threat, demand, and intent Learn how the law defines it and what to do if you're targeted Blackmail is a federal crime built on a simple formula: threatening to reveal damaging information unless someone pays you
  • Blackmail: The Ultimate Guide to Understanding and Fighting Coercive . . .
    While the term “blackmail” is believed to have originated in the 16th-century borderlands of England and Scotland—referring to protection money paid by farmers to raiders in exchange for immunity from attack—its legal DNA is rooted in the common law crime of extortion
  • Blackmail - definition of blackmail by The Free Dictionary
    Something of value, especially money, extorted in this manner: refused to pay blackmail 2 Tribute formerly paid to freebooters along the Scottish border for protection from pillage [black + mail ] black′mail′ v black′mail′er n American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
  • blackmail - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    From black + mail (“a piece of money”) Compare Middle English blak rente (“a type of blackmail levied by Irish chieftains”) The word is variously derived from the tribute paid by English and Scottish border dwellers to border reivers in return for immunity from raids and other harassment
  • Blackmail - Definition, Examples, Cases, Processes
    The term blackmail describes the act of threatening to make someone suffer in some way unless they meet certain demands Generally, it involves the threat of revealing embarrassing or damaging information about a person in order to coerce them to do something
  • BLACKMAIL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Blackmail is the act of attempting to force someone to do something or give up something valuable by threatening negative consequences if they don’t, especially revealing negative information about them
  • blackmail | Wex | US Law | LII Legal Information Institute
    Blackmail or extortion, which can be used interchangeably, pursuant to the 1942 Illinois Supreme Court opinion in People v Mahumed, is an unlawful act of one party such as intentionally threatening, accusing of crime, injuring the other party’s property, or exposing secrets if the demands from a person or group are not met, in exchange for





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