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blackmail

/blak-meyl/US // ˈblækˌmeɪl //UK // (ˈblækˌmeɪl) //

勒索,敲诈,敲诈勒索,讹诈

Related Words

extortion敲诈,敲诈勒索,勒索,敲詐bribe贿赂,行贿,贿赂他人,贿赂别人bribery贿赂,贿赂行为,受贿,行贿extort敲诈勒索,勒索,讹诈,敲诈coerce胁迫,逼迫,迫胁,迫害badger獾子,獾,獾獾,狗獾ransom赎金,勒索,赎回,赎罪protection保护,保护措施,保护工作,保护作用tribute贡品,致敬,颂词,颂扬exaction征收,征收费用,收费,征税payoff报酬,报偿,报答,报销milking挤奶,哺乳,挤牛奶,挤牛奶的force力量,力,权力,力度demand要求,需求,需求量,需求方面compel强制,强迫,强制要求,迫使shake晃动,摇晃,抖动,震动threaten威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到squeeze挤压,挤兑,挤压式,挤出exact确实,精确的,精准的,确实的bleed出血

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations.
    • : the extortion of such payment: He confessed rather than suffer the dishonor of blackmail.
    • : a tribute formerly exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by freebooting chiefs for protection from pillage.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to extort money from by the use of threats.
    • : to force or coerce into a particular action, statement, etc.: The strikers claimed they were blackmailed into signing the new contract.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounintimidation for money; money to quiet informer
Synonyms
bribe贿赂,行贿,贿赂他人,贿赂别人bribery贿赂,贿赂行为,受贿,行贿extortion敲诈,敲诈勒索,勒索,敲詐exaction征收,征收费用,收费,征税milking挤奶,哺乳,挤牛奶,挤牛奶的payoff报酬,报偿,报答,报销protection保护,保护措施,保护工作,保护作用ransom赎金,勒索,赎回,赎罪tribute贡品,致敬,颂词,颂扬hush money掩口费,掩饰费,嘘嘘费,掩人耳目的钱slush fund小金库,小费基金,小费,杂费基金
verbintimidating for money
Synonyms
badger獾子,獾,獾獾,狗獾coerce胁迫,逼迫,迫胁,迫害extort敲诈勒索,勒索,讹诈,敲诈bleed出血compel强制,强迫,强制要求,迫使demand要求,需求,需求量,需求方面exact确实,精确的,精准的,确实的force力量,力,权力,力度milk牛奶,奶,牛乳,奶类ransom赎金,勒索,赎回,赎罪shake晃动,摇晃,抖动,震动squeeze挤压,挤兑,挤压式,挤出threaten威胁,威胁说,恐吓,威胁到hold to ransom勒索,劫持,赎回,赎买put the shake on戴上摇椅,戴上摇篮,戴上帽子,放在摇篮里shake down抖落,震动,抖动,晃动

Examples

  • Be kind and fierce and don’t bend an inch to this emotional blackmail.

  • Now crypto is at the center of a wide swath of illegal schemes, including blackmail scams, Covid-19 vaccine counterfeits, money laundering operations, and illicit sales on the darknet.

  • A few days later, Pearson exposed the blackmail of Bridges and Welker.

  • Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement in early April describing the corporate pushback on voting measures as “economic blackmail” that would result in “serious consequences.”

  • Ransomeware is highly effective when coupled with the exfiltration of secrets to add blackmail pressure for companies and institutions to pay up.

  • Plus, his known drug dealings certainly made him vulnerable to blackmail.

  • Americans are giving in to North Korean blackmail—and it will only get worse.

  • Back in England, Hitchcock made the transition from silents to sound with Blackmail, Britain's first talkie.

  • VanDyke confirmed the attack on his website, writing that SEA had emailed him a blackmail threat.

  • The more accomplished students took classes in safe-cracking, burglary, blackmail, and confidence games.

  • If this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?

  • Bois l'Hery's horses were unsound, Schwalbach's gallery was a swindle, Moessard's articles a recognised blackmail.

  • The only possible scandal lies in the fact that Mrs. Withers paid blackmail for years.

  • He attempted to blackmail my father, as he had already done so many times, but his scheme was frustrated.

  • All the American press is not founded upon this system of virtual blackmail.

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