English-Czech translations for blackmail

• vydírání
  Není to vydírání, protože v Evropě nejsme vyděrači. It is not blackmail, because in Europe, we do not do blackmail.
  To nelze nazvat jinak než vydíráním. This is nothing short of blackmail.
  Nesmíme se tedy tomuto vydírání poddat. We must not therefore give in to this blackmail.
• vydírat
  Německo a Francie se nechaly vydírat Spojeným královstvím. Germany and France have been blackmailed by the United Kingdom.
  To by totiž umožnilo Teheránu či Pchjongjangu státy NATO vydírat. This would lay the NATO states open to blackmail from Teheran or Pyongyang.
  Musím veřejně vyjádřit své obavy a říci, že se nenecháme vydírat. I must express our concern publicly and say that we will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed.

Definition of blackmail

• The extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure
• Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver
• To extort money or favors from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc
• To speak ill of someone; to defame someone

Examples

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

Related words

• blackmailer
• blackmailing
• blackmail letter
• emotional blackmail
• deliver by blackmail