kind of blackmail
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkindandblackmail
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kind
noun[C]
uk/kaɪnd/us/kaɪnd/
a group with similar characteristics, or a ...
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blackmail
noun[U]
uk/ˈblæk.meɪl/us/ˈblæk.meɪl/
the act of getting money from people or forcing them to do something by threatening to tell a secret of theirs or to ...
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(Definition ofkindandblackmailfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This becomes akindofblackmailfor signing the voluntary agreement.
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That was akindofblackmail.
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This is a threat and is almost like akindofblackmail.
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My constituents face exactly the samekindofblackmail.
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Thatkindofblackmailis not the right way to set about restoring confidence.
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The demand for more confidence can become akindofblackmail.
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This is also the problem of people forced into furnished accommodation by akindofblackmail.
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I bitterly resent what is akindofblackmailby this company, if what we have heard this afternoon is true.
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Thatkindofblackmailargument is one which must be guarded against with considerable vigilance.
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I gave last year a case where a well-known author was subject to thiskindofblackmail.
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Should thatkindofblackmailbe allowed?
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The reason is that they are on to akindofblackmailgame, which it is very human that they should wish to play.
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It opens the door to thekindofblackmailaction which one cannot rule out as a possibility.
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To the contrary—it would multiply blackmail over and over again and a much worsekindofblackmail.
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I am not subject to thiskindofblackmail.
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Members of another place with marginal majorities are particularly endangered by thekindofblackmailwhich the groups frequently use.
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I would rather go out of business than submit to thiskindofblackmail.
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I feel that that may perhaps be akindofblackmailor something of a threat, so to speak.
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You would create an atmosphere of suspicion, and there would be a feeling in the minds of a large number of people that akindofblackmailis possible.
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There are various kinds of blackmail, but you can divide them roughly into two classes.
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