Synonyms for blackmail
ˈblækˌmeɪlblack·mail

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1. blackmailverb

   extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

2. blackmail, blackjack, pressureverb

   exert pressure on someone through threats

   Synonyms:
   hale, pressure, coerce, blackjack, force, squeeze

3. blackmailverb

   obtain through threats

   Synonyms:
   pressure, blackjack

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1. • Crime
   • Extort

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1. List of paraphrases for "blackmail":

   extortion, blackmailellis, racketeering, blackmailing, blackmailed, extort, sing, ransom

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1. Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng:

   U.S. measures are essentially attacking global supply and value chains. To put it simply, the U.S. is opening fire on the entire world, including itself, china will not bow down in the face of threats and blackmail and will not falter from its determination to defend free trade and the multilateral system.

2. Kim Kye Gwan:

   If the U.S. is trying to drive us into a corner to force our unilateral nuclear abandonment, we will no longer be interested in such dialogue and cannot but reconsider our proceeding to the DPRK-U.S. summit, we have already stated our intention for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and made clear on several occasions that precondition for denuclearization is to put an end to anti-DPRK hostile policy and nuclear threats and blackmail of the United States.

3. Virginia Roberts:

   Epstein required me to describe the sexual events that I had with these men, presumably so that he could potentially blackmail them, based on my knowledge of Epstein and his organization, as well as discussions with the FBI, it is my belief that federal prosecutors likely possess videotapes and photographic images of me as an underage girl having sex with Epstein and some of his powerful friends.

4. Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz:

   Calls for Polish solidarity is no blackmail, acting jointly and efficiently in the EU is in our interest.

5. Mischa Barton:

   It was obviously complete emotional blackmail, it was one of those things where I needed to distance myself from all of these people immediately because there’s not much you can do; it’s really out of your hands, and it was a crime.