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blackmail

/ˈblækˌmeɪl/ noun B2
  1. The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure. (uncountable)
  2. Compromising material that can be used to extort someone. (uncountable)
  3. A type of roleplay where the submissive shares information that may be exploited by the dominant. (uncountable)
  4. Black rent; rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver. (uncountable)
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Acton’s, and having thus got them into his power, proceeded, under threats of exposure, to levy blackmail upon them.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 54 · B2

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