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Noun blackmail has 1 sense
  1. blackmail - extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
    --1 is a kind of     extortion
    Derived forms: verb blackmail1, verb blackmail2
,Verb blackmail has 2 senses
  1. blackmail, blackjack, pressure - exert pressure on someone through threats
    --1 is one way to influence, act upon, work
    Derived forms: noun blackmail1, noun blackmailer1
    Sample sentence:
    They blackmail him to write the letter
  2. blackmail - obtain through threats
    --2 is one way to     extort
    Derived forms: noun blackmail1, noun blackmailer1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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