The Dictionary of Internal Security

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English  
blackmail - verb MP3
 
Definitions  
Def: extort money from people by threatening to reveal unpleasant facts from their lives
Example: The man knew the truth about the boy's father and kept blackmailing his mother.
 
Usage note  
Word family  
  • blackmailer
 
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