blackmail

Meaning of blackmail

noun
  1. 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.
    they were acquitted of charges of blackmail
    she recounted the blackmail threats
verb
  1. demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.
    they use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate

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

Information about blackmail

  • The plural form of blackmail is: blackmails.
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Hyphenation of blackmail

black-mail

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • blackmail is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

blackmail synonyms

Meaning blackjack:

blackjack, pressure

Meaning the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats:

extortion

Meaning the action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment:

exaction

Meaning the action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated:

intimidation

Meaning the giving or offering of a bribe:

bribery

Meaning extremely wet; soaked:

wringing

Meaning draw milk from (a cow or other animal), either by hand or mechanically:

milking

Meaning used for emphasis, or to express annoyance:

bleeding

Meaning the extortion of money by blackmail:

chantage

Meaning state one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done:

threaten

Meaning exploit or defraud by taking small amounts of money over a period of time:

milk

Meaning lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness:

bleed

Translation of blackmail

Words that rhyme with blackmail

mail, camail, seamail, bemail, email, kaltemail, remail, ringmail, limail, greenmail, unmail, chainmail, monomail, airmail, fermail, Ismail, Smail, dismail, NetMail, netmail, aumail, graymail, greymail

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