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blackmail

noun as in intimidation for money; money to quiet informer

verb as in intimidating for money

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Another man is also alleged to have been blackmailed and threatened by the same individual during the incident in question.

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He also claimed that he has received "blackmail" in recent days but would "fight to the end".

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Something more horrible, though, lies in store when the narrator falls prey to a catastrophic blackmail plot.

But it is also an attempt to destabilize European democracies through energy blackmail and attacks on infrastructure.

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Ms Johnson said her mum had been "blackmailed" by staff who threatened to "reveal something about her" if she did not change her story about the events on 14 January.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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