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1. • • blackmailer noun [ C ] uk / ˈblækˌmeɪ.lə r/ us / ˈblækˌmeɪ.lɚ / Add to word list someone who threatens to tell a harmful secret about another person in order to try to force them to do something:
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   What is blackmailer noun?

   • Definition of blackmailer noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a person who commits blackmail Topics Crime and punishment c1 Want to learn more? Definition of blackmailer noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does 'blackmail' mean?

   • In popular culture, 'blackmail' involves a threat to reveal or publicize either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to family members or associates rather than to the general public.

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   What are the characteristics of a blackmailer?

   • Weakness. Vulnerability. Fear. Helplessness. These are the key elements in the cocktail of emotions that your # BLACKMAILER will exploit as He exercises ever-more control over your life and puts you to work for Him. Don't like it? Don't get caught ... # slavery pic.twitter.com/RSwNJ9tF1x This media may contain sensitive material. Learn more Thanks.

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   Is blackmail a crime?

   • Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat. As a criminal offence, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a threat to do something that would cause a person to suffer embarrassment or financial loss.

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   What was 'blackmail' in the Scottish Borders?

   • An alternative version is that rents in the Scottish Borders were often paid in produce of the land, called "greenmail" [citation needed] ('green rent'), suggesting "blackmail" as a counterpart paid perforce to the reivers.

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   Is blackmail a form of extortion?

   • Acts of blackmail can also involve using threats of physical, mental or emotional harm, or of criminal prosecution, against the victim or someone close to the victim. It is normally carried out for personal gain, most commonly of position, money, or property. Blackmail may also be considered a form of extortion.

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun blackmailer. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Noun. 1. blackmailer - a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them. extortioner, extortionist. criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime.

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   The meaning of BLACKMAIL is a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage. How to use blackmail in a sentence.

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   In popular culture, 'blackmail' involves a threat to reveal or publicize either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to family members or associates rather than to the general public.

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   the act of putting pressure on a person or a group to do something they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty. We can’t let them practise this emotional blackmail on us. Definition of blackmail noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.