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blackmail
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of BLACKMAIL
[noncount]
1
: the crime of threatening to tell secret information about someone unless the person being threatened gives you money or does what you want敲诈；勒索；讹诈 — sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
- She was a victim of blackmail.她被敲诈了。
- He used emotional blackmail to get what he wanted from her. [=he unfairly made her feel guilty or upset to get what he wanted]他利用情感进行要挟，以从她身上得到自己想要的东西。
2
: something (such as money) that is received through blackmail敲诈所得（如钱财）
- The servant extorted blackmail from her employer.那个女仆从雇主那里敲诈了一笔钱。
2 blackmail /ˈblækˌmeɪl/ verb
blackmails; blackmailed; blackmailing
2 blackmail
/ˈblækˌmeɪl/
verb
blackmails; blackmailed; blackmailing
Learner's definition of BLACKMAIL
[+ object]
: to use blackmail against (someone)敲诈，勒索，讹诈（某人）
- The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.那位老人正在被侄子敲诈。
— blackmailer
noun, plural blackmailers [count]blackmail
noun
black·mail ˈblak-ˌmāl 
blackmail transitive verb
blackmailer noun
Example Sentences
She was a victim of blackmail. The servant extorted blackmail from her employer.
Recent Examples on the Web Skyrocketing energy prices as a result of Russian energy blackmail and the prospect of a cold, dark winter aren’t inducing Germans to ask if the fuss over Ukraine is worth the misery. 
Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 José Rubén Zamora was arrested at his home in Guatemala City on Friday night as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering, blackmail and influence peddling, according to prosecutors. Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 31 July 2022 Ukraine has blamed Russia for explosions there and said the Kremlin is using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant for blackmail. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 Ukraine has blamed Russia for explosions there and said the Kremlin is using Europe's largest nuclear power plant for blackmail. Claire Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 Thereafter, the Redl affair made it into subsequent reports about the danger that gay men—cliquish, conspiratorial, and susceptible to blackmail—posed to national security. Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 8 June 2022 Yet Russian armies continue to advance, China appears to back Vladimir Putin’s play, Ukrainian negotiators are considering concession to some Russian demands, and Europe remains vulnerable to Russian energy blackmail. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 Germany is thus both most vulnerable to Russian blackmail and most willing to see Putin as deserving respect and understanding. Rafael Loss, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022 When Island Home, the group’s latest resort located off the English coast, opens its doors, A-listers beeline — but tempers and tensions come to a boil, blackmail begins, and all hell breaks loose. Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022 See More
Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 José Rubén Zamora was arrested at his home in Guatemala City on Friday night as part of an investigation into alleged money laundering, blackmail and influence peddling, according to prosecutors. Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 31 July 2022 Ukraine has blamed Russia for explosions there and said the Kremlin is using Europe’s largest nuclear power plant for blackmail. Claire Parker, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 Ukraine has blamed Russia for explosions there and said the Kremlin is using Europe's largest nuclear power plant for blackmail. Claire Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 Thereafter, the Redl affair made it into subsequent reports about the danger that gay men—cliquish, conspiratorial, and susceptible to blackmail—posed to national security. Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 8 June 2022 Yet Russian armies continue to advance, China appears to back Vladimir Putin’s play, Ukrainian negotiators are considering concession to some Russian demands, and Europe remains vulnerable to Russian energy blackmail. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 Germany is thus both most vulnerable to Russian blackmail and most willing to see Putin as deserving respect and understanding. Rafael Loss, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022 When Island Home, the group’s latest resort located off the English coast, opens its doors, A-listers beeline — but tempers and tensions come to a boil, blackmail begins, and all hell breaks loose. Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
black + mail entry 4
First Known Use
1552, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of blackmail was in 1552 Phrases Containing blackmail
noun
verb
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