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Noun Concept
Categories: Illegal occupations, Border Reivers, Crimes, Blackmail, Organized crime activity
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blackmail  blackmailed  blackmailing  blackmails  R v Lawrence and Pomroy
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Extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information WordNet 3.0
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Extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. Wikipedia
Act of threatening to reveal potentially incriminating information about a person or group unless a specific demand is met. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Coercion based on threat of revealing information Wikidata
The extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure. Wiktionary
Extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
extortion
coercion
crime
HAS KIND
pizzo
emotional blackmail
kompromat
HAS INSTANCE
1998 Manila blackmail incident
DERIVATION
blackmail
blackmail
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
USES
threat
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Wikipedia
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Wikidata
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Wiktionary
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Wikipedia Redirections
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blackmailed, blackmailing, blackmails, R v Lawrence and Pomroy

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