英语词汇“blackmail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

blackmailblackmail1 /ˈblækmeɪl/ noun [uncountable]

ETYMOLOGYblackmail¹

Origin: 1500-1600 black + mail payment (11-20 centuries) from Old Norse mal speech, agreement

COLLOCATIONS► emotional blackmail

She’d already tried emotional blackmail (=tried to make him feel bad) to stop him leaving.

1the practice of getting money from someone or making someone do what you want by threatening to tell secrets about him or her SYN extortion2an attempt to make someone do what you want by making threats or by making them feel guilty if they do not: If I don’t do overtime I’ll lose my job – it’s blackmail. She’d already tried emotional blackmail (=tried to make him feel bad) to stop him leaving. [Origin: 1500–1600 black + mail payment (11–20 centuries) from Old Norse mal speech, agreement]

noun | verb

blackmailblackmail2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

blackmail

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	blackmail
	he, she, it	blackmails
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	blackmailed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have blackmailed
	he, she, it	has blackmailed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had blackmailed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will blackmail
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have blackmailed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am blackmailing
	he, she, it	is blackmailing
	you, we, they	are blackmailing
Past	I, he, she, it	was blackmailing
	you, we, they	were blackmailing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been blackmailing
	he, she, it	has been blackmailing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been blackmailing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be blackmailing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been blackmailing

to use blackmail against someone SYN extort: He was sure they would use the videotape to blackmail him.blackmail somebody into (doing) something Mr. Harris said he would not be blackmailed into making a hasty decision.—blackmailer noun [countable]