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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   blackmail

   • IPA[ˈblakˌmāl]

   美式

   • n.
     the action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them；money demanded by a person or group engaged in blackmail
   • v.
     demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them；force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings

   • verb: blackmail, 3rd person present: blackmails, gerund or present participle: blackmailing, past tense: blackmailed, past participle: blackmailed

   • noun: blackmail

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them they were acquitted of charges of blackmail
   • ▪ money demanded by a person or group engaged in blackmail we do not pay blackmail
   • ▪ the use of threats or the manipulation of someone's feelings to force them to do something “If you don't talk to her, I'll move out.” “That's blackmail and you know it.” out of fear, she submitted to Jim's emotional blackmail

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them trying to blackmail him for $400,000 同義詞 extort money from, threaten, hold to ransom, milk, bleed, ... 更多informaldemand hush money from
   • ▪ force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings he had blackmailed her into sailing with him 同義詞 coerce, pressurize, pressure, bring pressure to bear on, bulldoze, ... 更多force, railroad, informallean on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm