Synonyms for blackmail
ˈblækˌmeɪlblack·mail

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1. blackmailverb

   extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

2. blackmail, blackjack, pressureverb

   exert pressure on someone through threats

   Synonyms:
   hale, pressure, coerce, blackjack, force, squeeze

3. blackmailverb

   obtain through threats

   Synonyms:
   pressure, blackjack

Matched Categories

1. • Crime
   • Extort

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1. List of paraphrases for "blackmail":

   extortion, blackmailellis, racketeering, blackmailing, blackmailed, extort, sing, ransom

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1. Deputy Labour Minister Dimitris Stratoulis:

   We are not afraid of blackmail, and our priority is the public interest.

2. Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski:

   Zoran Zaev's just an instrument, a kamikaze. The game is big, too big for Zoran Zaev, i am not a man who functions under threat and blackmail.

3. Kim Kye Gwan:

   If the U.S. is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue and cannot but reconsider our proceeding to the DPRK-U.S. summit, we have already stated our intention for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and made clear on several occasions that precondition for denuclearization is to put an end to anti-DPRK hostile policy and nuclear threats and blackmail of the United States.

4. Panos Kammenos:

   Citizens should not be scared, there is no blackmail, the banks won't shut, the ATMs will (have cash). All this is exaggeration.

5. Virginia Roberts:

   Epstein required me to describe the sexual events that I had with these men, presumably so that he could potentially blackmail them, based on my knowledge of Epstein and his organization, as well as discussions with the FBI, it is my belief that federal prosecutors likely possess videotapes and photographic images of me as an underage girl having sex with Epstein and some of his powerful friends.