blackmail

transitive Kenya

(transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.

Japanese Meaning

他人の名誉や心情に対する損害、虚偽告発などによる恐怖を利用し、金銭や便宜を不当に強要すること

What is this buttons?

They tried to blackmail the politician into resigning by threatening to leak fabricated scandals.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らはでっち上げのスキャンダルを暴露すると脅して、その政治家から辞任をゆすり取ろうとした。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.

He blackmailed a businesswoman by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.

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Sense（2）

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

blackmails

（ present singular third-person ）

blackmailing

（ participle present ）

blackmailed

（ participle past ）

blackmailed

（ past ）

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