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1. Oxford Dictionary

   blackmail

   • IPA[ˈblakmeɪl]

   英式

   • n.
     the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them；money demanded by a person or group engaged in blackmail
   • v.
     demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them；force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings

   • verb: blackmail, 3rd person present: blackmails, gerund or present participle: blackmailing, past tense: blackmailed, past participle: blackmailed

   • noun: blackmail

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them they were acquitted of charges of blackmail she recounted the blackmail threats
   • ▪ money demanded by a person or group engaged in blackmail we do not pay blackmail
   • ▪ the use of threats or the manipulation of someone's feelings to force them to do something some people use emotional blackmail ‘If you don't talk to her, I'll move out.’ ‘That's blackmail and you know it.’

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them they use this fact to blackmail him, trying to force him to vote for their candidate 同義詞 extort money from, threaten, hold to ransom, milk, bleed, ... 更多informaldemand hush money from
   • ▪ force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings he had blackmailed her into sailing with him 同義詞 coerce, pressurize, pressure, bring pressure to bear on, bulldoze, ... 更多force, railroad, informallean on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm
3. • 更多解釋

   blackmail

   • IPA[ˈblakˌmāl]

   美式

   • n.
     the action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding payment or another benefit from someone ... they were acquitted of charges of blackmail
   • v.
     demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or ... trying to blackmail him for $400,000

   Oxford American Dictionary