verb🔗ShareTo 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."He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud."lawpolicemoralbusinesscommunicationsocietyactionguiltvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.""After the argument, Amina blackmailed her sister by telling everyone she knew her secret." "communicationlanguagewordsocietyculturemoralattitudeactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
