blackmail
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“That’s an extraordinary source of revenue — also a reminder that they essentially have a blackmail card up their sleeve,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
This is when “Heel” is at its most alluringly queasy, a dark commentary on all families as institutions inherently built on confinement and emotional blackmail.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
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 • Feb. 24, 2026
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 • Feb. 15, 2026
I remember feeling dimly that there was a kind of blackmail in it.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
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