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blackmail
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Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series Law & Order . It aired on NBC January 15, 2010.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.] 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 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1852, from blackmail (n.). Related: Blackmailed ; blackmailing .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information v. exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackjack , pressure ] obtain through threats
Usage examples of blackmail.
The cave of Adullam was his lair, whence he sallied forth to levy blackmail on the rich farmers and graziers of the neighbourhood, cutting their throats when they refused to pay.
I thought you had a blameless past, so giving Ata grounds for blackmail was a doubly stupid thing to do.
It was hard to imagine any grounds for blackmail: Baumer seemed to have kept his nose clean, and he was here in an official capacity, not a fugitive like Murray.
Our friend with the Satan Bug and botulinus virus in his pants pocket has the finest blackmail weapon in history.
Blackmail her by telling his fellow tantriks about kidnapping brahmin orphans for her?
So does that mean maybe I killed Domingo, who was blackmailing me, and that guy was his partner, trying to even things out?
What a busy girl Jean had been, what with pledge-class picnics, lectures at the law school, pimping for her sisters, and blackmailing the dean, her housemother, and quite possibly other people.
Gets them interested in Taoism and Lamaism and then plays on their superstitions and blackmails them.
I was blackmailed into going there as a spy, and when I sent for the Specials, it was an accident, really.
His first thought after leaving Sugamo Prison had been to appeal to Captain Thomas for help against the Russians, against this emotional blackmail of Colonel Gorbatov.
He wondered what the sterile pages of that engagement calendar concealed: an affair, blackmail, drugs, abortionists, or just one more lonely victim of the big city?
When that awful little man who claimed he was a detective had tried to blackmail her, Amelia had paid him off, read the report on Honey Belle, and burned it.
Now, thanks to the Kappa Theta Etas, my mind was sizzling with chaotic thoughts, most of which had to do with blackmail.
Were the Kappa Theta Etas, under the leadership of Jean Hall, raising money not only from prostitution and blackmail, but also from theft?
Henry was the only one to whom she had confided that she was being blackmailed through Hetty, and Polly thought rather wearily that Henry was unlikely to be able to press her on the matter since she would never be alone with him ever again.