Definition of Blackmail
Blackmail
Black·mail


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
The act of demanding money or something else in exchange for not revealing a secret.

e.g. The politician was accused of blackmail when he threatened to expose the scandal.

(verb)
to demand some benefit, typically money, from someone in exchange for keeping some secret which would otherwise incriminate or embarrass them;

e.g. They tried to blackmail her for huge sums of money.

(verb)
to force or pressure someone into doing something by manipulating their feelings of threatening them;

e.g. She tried to blackmail him into going with her, even though he didn't want to.



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