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Blackmailed - English meaning

Blackmailed – definitions in English dictionary

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

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Fait chanter

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Ricattato

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Chantajeado

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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