All blackmail synonyms
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B b noun blackmail
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- bribery — Bribery is the act of offering someone money or something valuable in order to persuade them to do something for you.
- ransom — John Crowe [kroh] /kroʊ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. poet, critic, and teacher.
- protection — the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
- tribute — a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
- payoff — the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- slush fund — a sum of money used for illicit or corrupt political purposes, as for buying influence.
verb blackmail
- coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
- badger — A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night.
- force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- demand — If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- compel — If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
- milk — cow's milk for food
- shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- threaten — to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
- bleed — When you bleed, you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness.
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.