Sentences with blackmail
black·mail
B b - It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail.
- The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
- He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him. [VERB noun]
- He confessed rather than suffer the dishonor of blackmail.
- The strikers claimed they were blackmailed into signing the new contract.
- To levy blackmailto extort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation