Blackmail - English meaning

Blackmail – definitions in English dictionary

noun
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.
Usage examples:
They were acquitted of charges of blackmail
Synonims:
Extortion Demanding money with menaces Exaction Intimidation Protection racket Bribery Wringing Milking Bleeding Bloodsucking Hush money Chantage

verb
Demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
Usage examples:
They use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate
Synonims:
Extort money from Threaten Hold to ransom Milk Bleed Demand hush money from

Blackmail translation into English

Blackmail: translate from English into Chinese

勒索, 敲诈, 讹, 诛求

Blackmail: translate from English into Dutch

Chantage, Afpersing, Chantage plegen, Geldafdreging, Brandschatten

Blackmail: translate from English into French

Chantage, Faire chanter, Menacer par le chantage

Blackmail: translate from English into German

Bestechung, Erpressung, Erpressen

Blackmail: translate from English into Hindi

भयादोहन, भेद छिपाने की घूस, भेद खोलने की घमकी, भयादोहन करना, धमकी से ऐंठना, भेद छिपाने की उजरत, भेद छिपाए रखने के लिए लिया गया धन

Blackmail: translate from English into Italian

Ricatto, Ricattare

Blackmail: translate from English into Korean

약탈, 약탈을 면하려는 자에게 산적이 부과한 공납물, 공갈하다

Blackmail: translate from English into Russian

Шантажировать, Шантаж, Вымогательство, Вымогать деньги

Blackmail: translate from English into Spanish

Chantaje, Hacer chantaje

Word origin

mid 16th century (denoting protection money levied by Scottish chiefs): from black + obsolete mail ‘tribute, rent’, from Old Norse mál ‘speech, agreement’.

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Blackmail – similar words

blackmailing

ˈblæk.meɪl

verb
Demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
Usage examples:
They use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate

noun
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.
Usage examples:
They were acquitted of charges of blackmail

verb
Present participle of blackmail
Usage examples:
They used the photographs to blackmail her into spying for them.

Blackmailing - all meanings in English

blackmailers

ˈblækˌmeɪ.lər

noun
A person who demands money or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
Usage examples:
The blackmailer had threatened to tell his wife about his affair

noun
Someone who threatens to tell a harmful secret about another person in order to try to force them to do something
Usage examples:
Blackmailers threatened helen with the video they secretly made., they thought he would be easy pre…

Blackmailers - all meanings in English

blackmailer

noun
A person who demands money or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
Usage examples:
The blackmailer had threatened to tell his wife about his affair

Blackmailer - all meanings in English

blackmailed

verb
Demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
Usage examples:
They use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate

noun
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.
Usage examples:
They were acquitted of charges of blackmail

Blackmailed - all meanings in English

Blackmail synonims

bleed

verb
Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.
Usage examples:
The cut was bleeding steadily

noun
An instance of bleeding.
Usage examples:
A lot of blood was lost from the placental bleed

Bleed - all meanings in English

bleeding

adjective
Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.
Usage examples:
The watch was a bleeding copy

verb
Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.
Usage examples:
The cut was bleeding steadily

Bleeding - all meanings in English

bribery

noun
The giving or offering of a bribe.
Usage examples:
His opponent had been guilty of bribery and corruption

noun
The crime of giving someone money or something else of value, often illegally, to persuade that person to do something you want
Usage examples:
Charges of bribery and official corruption were made.

noun
The crime of giving someone, especially someone in a position of authority, money, a gift, etc. so that they will do something illegal or dishonest for you
Usage examples:
The organization was rife with bribery and corruption., he was indicted in a bribery scandal over s…

Bribery - all meanings in English

chantage

noun
The extortion of money by blackmail.
Usage examples:
That was a bit of chantage that you did with dauriat; he gave you a thousand crowns to let nathan a…

Chantage - all meanings in English

exaction

noun
The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment.
Usage examples:
He supervised the exaction of tolls at various ports

noun
The act of demanding and getting something, sometimes using force or threats, or an example of this
Usage examples:
Exaction of any exaction of money or property was prohibited by law., these exactions sometimes led…

Exaction - all meanings in English

extortion

noun
The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
Usage examples:
He used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge, art-stuffed mansion

noun
The act of getting something, especially money, by force or threats
Usage examples:
He was found guilty of obtaining the money by extortion., she's trying to protect her son from exto…

Extortion - all meanings in English

hold to ransom

idiom
To force someone to do something by putting that person in a situation where they have no choice
Usage examples:
He claimed his country was being held to ransom by threats of withdrawing aid.

Hold to ransom - all meanings in English

intimidation

noun
The action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated.
Usage examples:
The intimidation of witnesses and jurors

noun
The action of frightening or threatening someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do
Usage examples:
The campaign of violence and intimidation against them intensifies daily., as the election approach…

Intimidation - all meanings in English

milk

noun
An opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.
Usage examples:
A healthy mother will produce enough milk for her baby

verb
Draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically.
Usage examples:
Two hours later he was up again to milk the cows

noun
The white liquid produced esp. by cows which people drink
Usage examples:
Cookies and milk, breast milk is the best nourishment for a baby., coconut milk, the newspapers mil…

Milk - all meanings in English

milking

verb
Draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically.
Usage examples:
Two hours later he was up again to milk the cows

noun
An opaque white fluid rich in fat and protein, secreted by female mammals for the nourishment of their young.
Usage examples:
A healthy mother will produce enough milk for her baby

verb
Present participle of milk
Usage examples:
Milking a cow by hand is a skilled process., some goats seem to milk (= produce milk) better than o…

Milking - all meanings in English

threaten

verb
State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.
Usage examples:
How dare you threaten me?

verb
Utter intentions of injury or punishment against

verb
To tell someone that you will hurt or harm him or her, esp. if the person does not do something in particular
Usage examples:
[ i ] they threatened to drop him from the team if he didn’t come to practice., [ t ] don’t threate…

Threaten - all meanings in English

wringing

adjective
Extremely wet; soaked.
Usage examples:
He was wringing with sweat

verb
Squeeze and twist (something) to force liquid from it.
Usage examples:
She wrung the cloth out in the sink

verb
To twist something by holding it tightly and turning your hands in opposite directions
Usage examples:
[ m ] she wrung out the shirt and hung it up to dry.

Wringing - all meanings in English

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