the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding money from someone in return for not revealing compromising information which one has about them:they were acquitted of charges of blackmail [as modifier]:she recounted the blackmail threats
money demanded by a person or group engaged in blackmail:we do not pay blackmail
the use of threats or the manipulation of someone’s feelings to force them to do something:some people use emotional blackmail
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demand money from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising information about them:they use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate
force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings:he had blackmailed her into sailing with him
