ALL meanings of blackmail
black·mail
B b - uncountable noun blackmail Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money. 3
- uncountable noun blackmail If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will. 3
- verb blackmail If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them. 3
- noun blackmail the act of attempting to obtain money by intimidation, as by threats to disclose discreditable information 3
- noun blackmail the exertion of pressure or threats, esp unfairly, in an attempt to influence someone's actions 3
- verb blackmail to exact or attempt to exact (money or anything of value) from (a person) by threats or intimidation; extort 3
- verb blackmail to attempt to influence the actions of (a person), esp by unfair pressure or threats 3
- noun blackmail a tribute paid to freebooters and bandits along the Scottish border to assure safety from looting 3
- noun blackmail payment extorted by threatening to disclose information that could bring disgrace or ruin 3
- noun blackmail the extortion of such payment 3
- verb transitive blackmail to get or try to get blackmail from 3
- verb transitive blackmail to coerce (into doing something) as by threats 3
- noun blackmail extortion of money 1
- noun blackmail threats used to influence 1
- transitive verb blackmail threaten for money 1
- transitive verb blackmail influence by threatening 1
- noun blackmail any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations. 1
- noun blackmail the extortion of such payment: He confessed rather than suffer the dishonor of blackmail. 1
- noun blackmail a tribute formerly exacted in the north of England and in Scotland by freebooting chiefs for protection from pillage. 1
- verb with object blackmail to extort money from (a person) by the use of threats. 1
- verb with object blackmail to force or coerce into a particular action, statement, etc.: The strikers claimed they were blackmailed into signing the new contract. 1
- noun blackmail (archaic) A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. 0
- noun blackmail Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure. 0
- noun blackmail (English law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which paid in silver. 0
- verb blackmail (Transitive Verb) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud. 0