BLACKMAIL
\blˈakme͡ɪl], \blˈakmeɪl], \b_l_ˈa_k_m_eɪ_l]\
Definitions of BLACKMAIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.
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Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
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To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.
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Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to white rent, which paid in silver.
By Oddity Software
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A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.
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Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
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To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.
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Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to white rent, which paid in silver.
By Noah Webster.
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The securing of money by frightening one into giving it up.
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To secure money or goods from by causing fear of any kind.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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