as in threatened
to use blackmail against (someone)
The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.
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Recent Examples of blackmailed
Meanwhile, Jack makes significant headway with the rogue juror, who admits that she was blackmailed into lying about Erin because her parents are being held hostage in Mexico.
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EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Judges, for instance, may be bribed, bullied, or blackmailed into compliance, or be publicly vilified as incompetent, corrupt, or unpatriotic.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Judges, for instance, may be bribed, bullied, or blackmailed into compliance, or be publicly vilified as incompetent, corrupt, or unpatriotic.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackmailed
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California declared the Klamath population of spring-run chinook threatened in 2022.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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Iran has previously threatened to disrupt flows through the Strait of Hormuz if its oil sector is impacted.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
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The 35-year-old and his younger brother then drove around 700 miles south to search for their father.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Enterprises drove sequential revenue growth for the company in the quarter that ended July 28, and Nvidia is working the most with Fortune 100 companies on AI initiatives, Kress said.Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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The very fact that Kohls was being harassed under the law demonstrates just one fatal problem with it.The Editors, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
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Willis will have to outsmart a Vikings defense that has harassed its opponents enough to rank, as gauged by advanced stats, as the league’s best.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Blackmailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackmailed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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