blackmail

Example Sentences

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The famous Maggie Fox, who once earned more than most American men, now used her treasured love story to blackmail the Kanes for enough money to live on.

From Literature

Raising her voice, the former minister said: "I do not react well to being blackmailed."

From BBC

The man, who cannot be named, was arrested, but within hours Rose was charged with blackmail and later a further charge of perverting the course of public justice.

From BBC

“We have never blackmailed anyone,” the post said.

From Salon

J. Edgar Hoover, who led the FBI for 48 years, had established a personal fiefdom devoted to consolidating power and pursuing his own personal obsessions, sometimes with blackmail and coercion.

From Salon