Blackmail

Meaning

Noun

●

The

of money or

by

of public

,

, or censure.

●

A form of

protection money

(or

,

, etc.)

, in the

England and

of Scotland, to the

of

in order to be

from pillage.

●

In Law, Crime & Directives:

Black

, or

in

,

, or the

,

, which was

in silver.

●

Compromising

that can

someone, dirt.

Verb

●

To

money or

from (a person) by

of

, such as

to

,

of

,

, etc.

●

In Kenyan English:

To

someone; to

someone.

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