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blackmail

2 verb
     
blackmail2 [transitive]
to use blackmail against someone:
He was jailed for four years for blackmailing gay businessmen.
blackmail somebody into (doing) something
I refuse to be blackmailed into making a quick decision.
—blackmailer noun [countable]
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