English-Norwegian translations for blackmail
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.
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