blackmailed
past simple and past participle ofblackmail
| 单词 | blackmailed |
| 释义 | blackmailed past simple and past participle ofblackmail blackmail verb[T] uk/ˈblæk.meɪl/us/ˈblæk.meɪl/C2 to getmoneyfrom someone by blackmail: They used thephotographsto blackmail herintospyingfor them.
Cheating & tricking
Examplesofblackmailedblackmailed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The workers on the project also thought the new law could lead to punters beingblackmailed. From theCambridge English Corpus The group claims that it has beenblackmailed. From theCambridge English Corpus Kabukimono gambled,blackmailedpeople in the streets, and swaggered in entertainment districts such as the licensed quarter and public bath and theatre areas. From theCambridge English Corpus Theyblackmailedme by saying that they would refuse to ride in the car if it did not use unleaded petrol. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The residents wereblackmailedwith detrimental developments to their environment unless they caved in and abandoned their opposition to the planning application. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And, of course, persons may beblackmailedabout crimes that we should describe as diabolical, and which in almost no circumstances should go without prosecution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I know how much voluntary bodies need money, but they should not beblackmailedinto providing essential services which the local authority should provide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are horrified at the way some of these girls areblackmailedby these people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Under the protection of the law, people in all parts of the country are beingblackmailedand robbed at the present time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The only implication of accepting them was that one was prepared to beblackmailedby anyone who had the power to carry out such threats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand the position, but we must not beblackmailed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The employers must realise that they are allowing themselves to beblackmailed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why allow themselves to beblackmailedinto submission by demands from other quarters? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 More than one solicitor advised a person who was beingblackmailedto pay up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The technique was that they wereblackmailedinto submission. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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