blackmail
🇺🇸
/ˈblækmeɪl/
🇬🇧
/ˈblækmeɪl/
noun
R
Demanding money by threatening to reveal a secret
He used blackmail to get money by threatening to tell her secret.
R
Making someone do something by using threats or guilt
They used emotional blackmail to make him feel guilty and change his mind.
verb
R
To force someone to give money or do something by threatening them
She tried to blackmail him by threatening to tell his secret.
translation
Demanding money by threatening to reveal a secret; Making someone do something by using threats or guilt
To force someone to give money or do something by threatening them
Word Forms
3rd Present
blackmails
Progressive
blackmailing
Past
blackmailed
Perfect
blackmailed
Plural
blackmails