blackmailer
noun[C]
uk/ˈblækˌmeɪ.lər/us/ˈblækˌmeɪ.lɚ/someone whothreatenstotellaharmfulsecretabout anotherpersoninordertotrytoforcethem to do something:
BlackmailersthreatenedHelen with thevideotheysecretlymade.
Theythoughthe would beeasypreyfor blackmailers.
See
blackmail
- His blackmailerdemandedmorecashtokeephissecret.
- Heturnsout to be a blackmailer who ishatedandfearedby hisfellowcitizens.
- I neverdreamedthat the blackmailers wouldmurdersomeone toframeme.
Miscellaneous criminals
- arsonist
- artifice burglar
- bigamist
- bioterrorist
- black hat
- distraction thief
- drug dealer
- embezzler
- expropriator
- extortioner
- looter
- lowlife
- lynch mob
- man of straw
- money launderer
- shicer
- shoplifter
- small-timer
- smuggler
- snatcher