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‖ chantage|ʃɑ̃taʒ, ˈtʃɑːntɪdʒ, ˈtʃæ-|
[a. F. chantage ‘action de faire chanter quelqu'un, c'est-à-dire de lui extorquer de l'argent en le menaçant de révéler quelque chose de scandaleux, ou de le diffamer, etc.’ (Littré).]
A mode of extorting money by threatening to make scandalous revelations or statements.
1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece xii. 367 Who extorted money from rich and quiet people by a sort of chantage. 1882Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 176/2 Literary chantage. 1883World 12 Sept. 8 (Social Chantage). Chantage, blackmail or by whatever name the levying of pay, in one shape or another, out of the fear of the payer, is called. 1884Law Times 29 Nov. 77/2 No one proposes that the laws which protect women from insult and outrage should be relaxed because they may be abused for the purpose of chantage. |