verb🔗Share敲诈，勒索。 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."He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud."他威胁要揭露一起所谓的欺诈案，以此来敲诈一位女商人。lawbusinessmoralguiltsocietypoliceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share诽谤，中伤 (Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.""Instead of discussing the problem directly, she was blackmailing her classmate by spreading rumors about them." "她没有直接讨论问题，而是在散布谣言，诽谤她的同学。communicationlanguagewordactionmoralsocietylawguiltnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share敲诈，勒索。 The act of one who blackmails."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. "公司在员工以泄露机密信息为威胁，勒索巨额钱财后，向警方举报了他的敲诈勒索行为。actionlawbusinessmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
