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Meaning of blackmailing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

blackmailing

verb

Definitions

  1. To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.

    Example: He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.

  2. (Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of one who blackmails.