Definition & Meaning of "blackmail"in English

Blackmail

the crime of demanding money or benefits from someone by threatening to reveal secret or sensitive information about them

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Plural form

blackmails

Examples

She was a victim of blackmail after someone threatened to expose her personal emails.

to blackmail

to gain money, property, or some advantage by threatening someone

Grammatical Information

Action verb

Regular

Present tense

blackmail

3rd person singular

blackmails

Past simple

blackmailed

Past participle

blackmailed

Examples

She tried to blackmail him for a large sum of money.

to manipulate someone into doing something by threatening them

Examples

He was blackmailed into signing the contract.

Lexical Tree

blackmail

black

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