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blackmail

🇬🇧 UK/ˈblækmeil/🇺🇸 US/'blækmeil/
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Definitions

v.

To extort money or favors from someone by threatening to reveal damaging information

勒索,敲诈,威胁

n.

The act of extorting money or favors by threatening to expose damaging information

勒索,敲诈,要挟

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
blackthe darkest color, absence of light
+
mailother
=blackmail

Common Collocations

  • 1.blackmail someone勒索某人

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He tried to blackmail her with compromising photos.

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