Antonyms for blackmail
ˈblækˌmeɪlblack·mail

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1. blackmailverb

   extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

2. blackmail, blackjack, pressureverb

   exert pressure on someone through threats

   Synonyms:
   hale, pressure, coerce, blackjack, force, squeeze

3. blackmailverb

   obtain through threats

   Synonyms:
   pressure, blackjack

How to use blackmail in a sentence?

1. Kim Kye Gwan:

   We have already stated our intention for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and made clear on several occasions that precondition for denuclearization is to put an end to anti-DPRK hostile policy and nuclear threats and blackmail of the United States.

2. Deputy Labour Minister Dimitris Stratoulis:

   We are not afraid of blackmail, and our priority is the public interest.

3. Kim Kye Gwan:

   If the U.S. is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue and cannot but reconsider our proceeding to the DPRK-U.S. summit, we have already stated our intention for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and made clear on several occasions that precondition for denuclearization is to put an end to anti-DPRK hostile policy and nuclear threats and blackmail of the United States.

4. Deputy Labour Minister Dimitris Stratoulis:

   So far the lenders have not backed down mainly because if they had backed down or do back down, they would accept that the bailout policies destroyed Greece and its people, we are not afraid of blackmail, and our priority is the public interest.

5. Antoni Macierewicz:

   It shows that (secret police) files were being used to blackmail people. An entire group of people had become a tool in the hands of the communist regime which used them to obtain power and influence.

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