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blackmail

[blak-meyl] / ˈblækˌmeɪl /
NOUN
intimidation for money; money to quiet informer
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Appeared in the May 19, 2026, print edition as 'The Railroad Union’s Blackmail'.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

"Blackmail must not be a method of policy," Mr Morawiecki of Poland's ruling conservative-nationalist Law and Justice party told the European Parliament.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2021

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From The Guardian • May 4, 2016

In opening arguments, Deputy Attorney General Tawnya Austin said the site amounted to "21st Century Blackmail."

From Reuters • Jan. 16, 2015

Blackmail is perhaps the correct word technically," admitted the newspaper owner, "but bluff—there you go wrong.

From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins




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