Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

    Erpressung

    шанта́жšantáž, вымога́тельствоvymogátelʹstvo, рэ́кетrɛ́ket

    шанта́жšantáž, вимага́нняvymahánnja

    extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

  2. (broadly, uncountable)Compromising material that can be used to extort someone.

  3. Compromising material that can be used to extort someone.

    (broadly, uncountable)A type of roleplay where the submissive shares information that may be exploited by the dominant.

  4. (England, historical, uncountable)Black rent; rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver.

  5. (archaic, uncountable)A form of protection money (or corn, cattle, etc.) anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to the allies of robbers in order to be spared from pillage.

Examples

95 sentences
  1. She is blackmailing him.

    Вона його шантажує. — deniko

    ruОна его шантажирует. — marafon

    deSie erpresst ihn. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Mary is blackmailing Tom.

    Мері шантажує Тома. — deniko

    ruМэри шантажирует Тома. — odexed

    deMary erpresst Tom. — Zaghawa

  3. I won't be blackmailed.

    Я не дозволю себе шантажувати. — deniko

    ruЯ не позволю меня шантажировать. — odexed

    deIch werde mich nicht erpressen lassen! — brauchinet

  4. Tom is blackmailing Mary.

    Том шантажує Мері. — deniko

    ruТом шантажирует Мэри. — marafon

  5. She was blackmailed by him.

    Він її шантажував. — deniko

    ruОн её шантажировал. — marafon

    deSie wurde von ihm erpresst. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure:
Русский
By meaning 1
extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure:

Origin

From black + mail (“a piece of money”). Compare Middle English blak rente (“a type of blac

From black + mail (“a piece of money”). Compare Middle English blak rente (“a type of blackmail levied by Irish chieftains”).

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