| 单词 | to put the black |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put the black (on a person) 14. slang. Short for blackmail n. 1b. to put the black (on a person): to blackmail. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > blackmail blackmail1819 chantage1846 black1923 sanctification1975 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > blackmail blackmail1852 to put the black (on a person)1923 black1928 sanctify1977 1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xii. 95 I've been paying ‘black’ for years. 1924 E. Wallace Room 13 iii. 38 Are you trying to put the black on me? 1928 E. Wallace Gunner xxiii. 190 I've never known you put the black before. 1951 J. B. Priestley Festival at Farbridge iii. iii. 561 Got a lovely pub..and yet wants to start putting the black on people! 2005 P. McIntosh Nicholas Feast iv. 75 If you want to know who else he was putting the black on, you'll have to ask around yourself. < as lemmas |
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