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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 threatsFrom 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. εκβιάζωFrom 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. kiristääFrom 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 betalaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ الابتزازFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]изну́дване, шанта́ж extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]изнудвам, шантажи́рам to extort money
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vyděračství
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vydírat
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]vydírání
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ ErpressungFrom English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]"She tried moral blackmail." - Sie versuchte es mit moralischer Erpressung. see: blackmails, political blackmail, political coercion
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ εκβιασμός, εκβιάζωFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]kiristys extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]kiristää to extort money
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. ब्लैकमेल
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ otkupnina, ucjena, ucjenjivanje, ucjenjujuFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ zsarolásFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]強請, 恐喝 extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]強要, せびる to extort money
blackmail /ˈblækmeɪl/ I.From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]szantaż II. szantażować
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. chantagem 2. chantagear
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]utpressning extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]utpressa, pressa ut to extort money
blackmail /blˈakmeɪl/ 1. t. şantaj 2. tehditle birinden para koparma 3. şantaj yapmak. blackmailer şantajcı.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈbɫækˌmeɪɫ/
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 fromFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 勒索; v. 勒索;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 勒索 vt. 勒索