Word: blackmail Word origin: mid 16th century (denoting protection money levied by Scottish chiefs): from black + obsolete mail ‘tribute, rent’, from Old Norse mál ‘speech, agreement’. Phonetic: ˈblakmeɪl Listen:
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. Example: they were acquitted of charges of blackmail
demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them. Example: they use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate
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