| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To strike.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb blackmail.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (blackmail) | 1. Exert pressure on someone through threats.[Wordnet]. 2. Obtain through threats.[Wordnet]. 3. 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.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: blackmailing, blackmailed, blackmails, blackmailer, blackmailers, blackmailingly and blackmailedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.[Websters]. | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BLACKMAILING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
Specialty Definition: blackmail
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Law | A specific case of extortion in which a person by giving notice that he will make known, report or reveal information which is disadvantageous to another person or another who is closely related to that other person, causes that other person to purchase his silence for a financial consideration. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a monetary demand is met. This information is usually of an embarrassing or damaging nature. As the information is substantially true, revealing the information is not criminal; the crime is demanding money to withhold it. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: blackmail
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Blackmail (1929 film) | Blackmail (1929), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was the first British film with sound. (references) | ||
| Blackmail (disambiguation) | Blackmail is the act of threatening to reveal information about a person unless a monetary demand is met. (references) | ||
| Blackmail (Monty Python) | The Blackmail show is a favourite Monty Python sketch from the second series (Episode 18, transmitted 1970). In it, Michael Palin plays a smarmy television game show host who extorts money from his viewers by threatening to reveal embarrassing or illegal facts about them. One game is "Stop the film," where a scandalous film is played until a phone call is received, and the amount of money needed increases the longer the subject waits. The music which accompanies the film is "Swing-a-Day" by Johnny Hawkesworth. (references) | ||
| Four Wall Blackmail | Four Wall Blackmail is Dead Poetic's debut full length CD, released in 2002 through Solid State Records . (references) | ||
| To levy blackmail | To extort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: blackmail
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Blackmail, to blackmail | Civil Rights | Chantaje, chantajear. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: blackmail | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Blackmail | 69 | 2007 Royal blackmail plot | 8 | |
| Blackmail (1929 film) | 23 | Blackmail | 69 | |
| Blackmail (band) | 17 | Blackmail (1929 film) | 23 | |
| Blackmail (album) | 9 | Blackmail (1939 film) | 5 | |
| 2007 Royal blackmail plot | 8 | Blackmail (album) | 9 | |
| Nuclear blackmail | 6 | Blackmail (alternative meanings) | 3 | |
| Four Wall Blackmail | 6 | Blackmail (band) | 17 | |
| Blackmail (1939 film) | 5 | Four Wall Blackmail | 6 | |
| Blackmail (alternative meanings) | 3 | Nuclear blackmail | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
