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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.]
     1. 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. --Sir
        W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also,
        extortion of money from a person by threats of public
        accusation, exposure, or censure.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the
        lowest coin, a opposed to ``white rent'', which paid in
        silver.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury
        to one's reputation.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackmailed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Blackmailing.]
     To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than
     bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.;
     as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an
     alleged fraud. [U. S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackmailed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Blackmailing.]
     To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than
     bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.;
     as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an
     alleged fraud. [U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.]
     1. 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. --Sir
        W. Scott.
  
     2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also,
        extortion of money from a person by threats of public
        accusation, exposure, or censure.
  
     3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the
        lowest coin, a opposed to ``white rent'', which paid in
        silver.
  
     To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury
        to one's reputation.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  blackmail
       n : extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting
           information
       v 1: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackjack,
             pressure]
       2: obtain through threats

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blackmail
     Αγγλικά n.
     εκβιασμός, ο εξαναγκασμός κάποιου να δώσει χρήματα για να μην
  αποκαλύψει ο εκβιαστής ενοχλητικές λεπτομέρειες της ζωής του
     Αγγλικά vb.
     εκβιάζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blackmail
     Scots n.
     1 (lb sco archaic) A tribute paid, usually in kind, to reivers or
  raiders as a form of protection money.
     2 Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation.
     Scots vb.
     To extort money from another by means of intimidation.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  blackmail
     n.
     1 The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation,
  exposure, or censure.
     2 (lb en archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.)
  anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the
  allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
     3 (lb en English law historical) black rent, or rent paid in corn,
  meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in
  silver.
     4 Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, (l en
  dirt).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) 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.
     2 (lb en Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  blackmail
     n.
     1 The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation,
  exposure, or censure.
     2 (lb en archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.)
  anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the
  allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
     3 (lb en English law historical) black rent, or rent paid in corn,
  meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in
  silver.
     4 Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, (l en
  dirt).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) 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.
     2 (lb en Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  blackmail
     n.
     1 The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation,
  exposure, or censure.
     2 (lb en archaic) A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.)
  anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the
  allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.
     3 (lb en English law historical) black rent, or rent paid in corn,
  meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in
  silver.
     4 Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, (l en
  dirt).
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) 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.
     2 (lb en Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blackmail
     Englanti n.
     kiristys
     Englanti vb.
     kiristää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blackmail
     Engelska n.
     (tagg juridik språk=en) pengar som betalas i samband med utpressning
     Engelska vb.
     utpressa på pengar; genom utpressning förmå någon att betala

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/
  الابتزاز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  изну́дване, шанта́ж
  extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  изнудвам, шантажи́рам
  to extort money

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  vyděračství

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  vydírat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  vydírání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/
  Erpressung 
        "She tried moral blackmail."  - Sie versuchte es mit moralischer Erpressung.
   see: blackmails, political blackmail, political coercion
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/
  
  εκβιασμός, εκβιάζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  kiristys
  extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  kiristää
  to extort money

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  1. ब्लैकमेल

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/
  otkupnina, ucjena, ucjenjivanje, ucjenjuju

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/
  zsarolás

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  強請, 恐喝
  extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  強要, せびる
  to extort money

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  blackmail /ˈblækmeɪl/
  I.    szantaż
  II.    szantażować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/  
  1. chantagem
  2. chantagear

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  utpressning
  extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 
  utpressa, pressa ut
  to extort money

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/
  1. t. şantaj
  2. tehditle birinden para koparma
  3. şantaj yapmak. blackmailer  şantajcı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɫækˌmeɪɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "blackmail":
     account, allowance, ask, ask for, assessment, badger, badger game,
     bill, blood money, bloodsucking, boodle, booty, call, call for,
     challenge, claim, clamor for, coerce, compel, contribution,
     cry for, demand, demand for, draft, drain, duty, emolument, exact,
     exaction, extort, extortion, extortionate demand, fee, footing,
     force, force from, graft, haul, heavy demand, hot goods,
     hush money, impose, imposition, impost, indent, initiation fee,
     insistent demand, issue an ultimatum, levy, levy blackmail, loot,
     make, make a demand, mileage, nonnegotiable demand, notice, order,
     order up, perks, perquisite, pickings, place an order, plunder,
     pork barrel, prize, protection racket, pry loose from, public till,
     public trough, put in requisition, ransom, reckoning, rend,
     rend from, require, requirement, requisition, retainer,
     retaining fee, rip, rip from, rush, rush order, scot, screw,
     shake down, shakedown, snatch from, spoil, spoils,
     spoils of office, squeeze, stealings, stipend, stolen goods, swag,
     take, tax, taxing, tear from, till, tribute, ultimatum, vampirism,
     warn, warning, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 勒索;
  v. 勒索;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 勒索
     vt. 勒索

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