blackmail

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
• Hypernyms:
extortion

II - verb

1. exert pressure on someone through threats
• Syn:
blackjack, pressure
• Derivationally related forms:
pressure (for: pressure), blackmailer
• Hypernyms:
influence, act upon, work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They blackmail him to write the letter
2. obtain through threats
• Derivationally related forms:
blackmailer
• Topics:
crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
• Hypernyms:
extort
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  blackjack, pressure