blackmail
🇬🇧 UK/ˈblækmeil/🇺🇸 US/'blækmeil/
TOEFLGREC2
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-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.blackmail someone勒索某人
Example Sentences
- 1.
He tried to blackmail her with compromising photos.