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单词 blackmail
释义
blackmail
noun[U]
uk
/ˈblæk.meɪl/us
/ˈblæk.meɪl/
C2
theactof gettingmoneyfrompeopleorforcingthem to do something bythreateningtotellasecretof theirs or toharmthem:
敲诈，勒索；讹诈；胁迫
If you are in apositionofauthority, anyweaknessleavesyouopento blackmail.处在领导岗位的人，任何弱点都容易被人算计。
More examples
  • I don'tbelieveshe wouldeverstooptobriberyor blackmail.
  • They werefoundguiltyof blackmail andsenttoprison.
  • Hissecretfinancialactivitiesmade himvulnerableto blackmail.
  • Undoubtedly, blackmail is a veryseriousoffence.
  • They werevillainswho resorted tothreatsand blackmail to get what theywanted.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fraud & corruption
  • anti-bribery
  • anti-corruption
  • anti-counterfeiting
  • anti-fraud
  • Augean
  • bribe
  • dolus
  • embezzle
  • embezzlement
  • extortion
  • false accounting
  • launder
  • malfeasance
  • malpractice
  • match-fixing
  • money laundering
  • nobble
  • pyramid scheme
  • siphon
  • vishing
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Idiom

emotional blackmail
blackmail
verb[T]
uk
/ˈblæk.meɪl/us
/ˈblæk.meɪl/
C2
to getmoneyfrom someone by blackmail:
敲诈，勒索；讹诈；胁迫
They used thephotographsto blackmail herintospyingfor them.他们用这些照片胁迫她为他们提供情报。
More examples
  • When hefoundout about myaffairhetriedto blackmail me.
  • Acomputerhacker'sattemptto blackmail thebankwasfoiledbydetectiveslastmonth.
  • Thegangthoughtthey could use thephotographsto blackmail thepopstar.
  • If someone is blackmailing you, you really mustinformthepolice.
  • Thefilmis about acitydealerwho is blackmailing hisboss.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cheating & tricking
  • anti-fraud
  • bad faith
  • bamboozle
  • bilk
  • blag
  • deceive
  • fiddle
  • flannel
  • have an eye to/for the main chanceidiom
  • havesomeoneon
  • hoax
  • hocus-pocus
  • honeyfuggle
  • hustle
  • pull a fast oneidiom
  • pull the wool oversomeone'seyesidiom
  • punk
  • putsomethingacross/oversomeone
  • putsomethingon
  • racket
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Related word

blackmailer
(Definition ofblackmailfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

blackmail| American Dictionary

blackmail
noun[U]
us
/ˈblækˌmeɪl/
theactofthreateningtoharmsomeone or someone'sreputationunlessthepersondoes as you say, or apaymentmade to someone who hasthreatenedtoharmyou oryourreputationif youfailtopaytheperson:
Recklessbehaviormade him aneasytargetfor blackmail.

blackmail

verb[T]us
/ˈblækˌmeɪl/
Theguywhoblackmailedmyfatherwent tojail.
(Definition ofblackmailfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

blackmail| Business English

blackmail
noun[U]
uk
/ˈblækmeɪl/us
asituationin whichthreatsare made toharmapersonororganizationif they do not do something such as give someonemoney:
Largecorporationscan bevulnerabletoblackmaildemandsbycomputerhackers.
blackmail
verb[T]
uk
/ˈblækmeɪl/us
to makethreatstoharmacompanyororganizationif they do not do something youwant, such as give youmoney:
Aformerexecutive,seekingdamagesof $2.5 million, wasaccusedoftryingto blackmail thecompany.
(Definition ofblackmailfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblackmail

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That bribery andblackmailresemble market transactions is not sufficient as a test of their legitimacy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, persuasion was not always enough, and the priests were forced intoblackmail.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Is someone being blackmailed, persecuted or haunted for an all too human previous transgression ?
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Fearing a kind of ' domino-effect ', some local officials were determined not to give in to suchblackmail.
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First, he claimed that he used the missing file toblackmailthe secret police and save his life.
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State and hospital officials refused to release other bodies from the morgue for burial until the uproar quieted, leveraging the dead asblackmail.
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But in the example above this admirable act is preceded byblackmail.
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Are we willing to reduce the sentence of an offender if he accepts the operation, or is this a form ofblackmail?
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In the first place, factionalised parties made party leaders vulnerable to policyblackmailby powerful factions threatening to switch parties.
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The so-called "paradox ofblackmail" has spawned a substantial literature of its own.
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If collateral estoppel did apply, it would seem that the charge of "economicblackmail" would provide the basis for disapproving of the collateral estoppel doctrine.
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Neo-patrimonial bargaining at times involves military coercion, political bullying, and financialblackmail.
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With time, he also developed a predilection for politicalblackmailand extortion.
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They consolidated their hold over the labourers, maximised their profits and used times of labour shortage toblackmailthe planters and to extract exaggerated advances.
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At what point is the probability of success so low as to justify the pejorative characterization "blackmail"?
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