Blackmailing
[b'lækmeɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blackmail
(n.) The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.
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Examples
- He is known to have held papers which he used for blackmailing purposes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- If this young person should produce her letters for blackmailing or other purposes, how is she to prove their authenticity? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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