| 单词 | blackmail |
| 释义 | blackmail (blækmeɪl ) Word forms: blackmails , blackmailing , blackmailed 1. uncountable noun Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail. Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion. Synonyms: threat, intimidation, ransom, compulsion 2. uncountable noun If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will. [disapproval] The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail. 3. verb If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them. He alleged that she was blackmailing him. [VERB noun] The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence. [be VERB-ed] I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: threaten, force, squeeze, compel blackmailer Word forms: blackmailers countable noun The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth. Collocations: blackmail attempt Was it a blackmail attempt or a threat? Times, Sunday Times She suggested it could have been a blackmail attempt or even a way of targeting readers who had downloaded any manuscript illicitly offered online. Times, Sunday Times He puts two and two together and comes up with a beach house, a real-estate plot and a blackmail attempt. Times, Sunday Times Or, maybe, as one investigation once suggested, it was the catastrophic result of a botched blackmail attempt? Times, Sunday Times Was the attack a criticism of conceptual art, a blackmail attempt, a feud? Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 勒索, 勒索 Japanese: 恐喝, 恐喝する |
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