Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.

    He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.

    erpressen

    шантажи́роватьšantažírovatʹ, вымога́тьvymogátʹ

    шантажува́тиšantažuváty, вимага́тиvymaháty

  2. (Kenya)To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

More definitions
  • obtain through threats
  • exert pressure on someone through threats

Examples

95 sentences

  1. She is blackmailing him.

    Вона його шантажує. — deniko

    ruОна его шантажирует. — marafon

    deSie erpresst ihn. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Mary is blackmailing Tom.

    Мері шантажує Тома. — deniko

    ruМэри шантажирует Тома. — odexed

    deMary erpresst Tom. — Zaghawa

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  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

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  4. Tom is blackmailing Mary.

    Том шантажує Мері. — deniko

    ruТом шантажирует Мэри. — marafon

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  5. She was blackmailed by him.

    Він її шантажував. — deniko

    ruОн её шантажировал. — marafon

    deSie wurde von ihm erpresst. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to extort money:
Русский
By meaning 1
to extort money:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to extort money:

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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Forms

blackmails, blackmailing, blackmailed, blackmailed
Base formblackmail · to blackmail
3rd person singularblackmails
Present participleblackmailing
Past simpleblackmailed
Past participleblackmailed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblackmail
he, she, itblackmails

Past simpleLesson

all personsblackmailed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blackmailed
he, she, ithas blackmailed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blackmail

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
RelatedextortionC1hush moneyprotection racketblackmailer
Derivedblackmailableblackmaileeblackmailycyberblackmailunblackmailed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blackjackblacklistblacknessblackoutblacksmith
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