verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud." law business moral guilt society police action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone. Examples : ""Instead of discussing the problem directly, she was blackmailing her classmate by spreading rumors about them." " communication language word action moral society law guilt negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of one who blackmails. Examples : "The company reported the employee's blackmailing to the police after he threatened to release confidential information unless they paid him a large sum of money. " action law business moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading