Synonyms 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

Matched Categories

1. • Crime
   • Extort

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1. List of paraphrases for "blackmail":

   extortion, blackmailellis, racketeering, blackmailing, blackmailed, extort, sing, ransom

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How to use blackmail in a sentence?

1. Safir Soeparna:

   Normally I just share everything gay about me, now I'm a bit like... will somebody use this to blackmail me ? So I rechecked my' friend' list and deleted people I can't trust 100 percent.

2. Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk:

   Our principle is one for all and all for one. We came as a united team and we will work as a united, team, we demand ... an end to blackmail, political pressure (and) under-the-table dealings for positions of ministers, their deputies or the heads of state companies.

3. Theresa Payton:

   Are they going to come back later with a' dump and dox' campaign or a blackmail situation ? we only know about the accounts they flipped with that message. How about all the other accounts they didn't flip with that message ?

4. Hassan Latheef:

   The government reneged on the agreed deal at the last minute, demanding a close family member of Nasheed remain in Male, effectively as a hostage, until he returns from the UK, if Nasheed does anything that breach the terms of the government, the family member could then be criminally prosecuted. This kind of blackmail is illegal, unheard of in international affairs, and totally outrageous.

5. Governor Greitens:

   There was no blackmail, there was no violence, there was no threat of violence, there was no threat of blackmail, there was no threat of using a photograph for blackmail.