Definitions for blackmailed
black·mailed

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1. blackmailed

   Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to family members or associates rather than to the general public. These acts can also involve using threats of physical, mental or emotional harm, or of criminal prosecution, against the victim or someone close to the victim. It is normally carried out for personal gain, most commonly of position, money, or property.Blackmail may also be considered a form of extortion. Although the two are generally synonymous, extortion is the taking of personal property by threat of future harm. Blackmail is the use of threat to prevent another from engaging in a lawful occupation and writing libelous letters or letters that provoke a breach of the peace, as well as use of intimidation for purposes of collecting an unpaid debt.In many jurisdictions, blackmail is a statutory offense, often criminal, carrying punitive sanctions for convicted perpetrators. Blackmail is the name of a statutory offense in the United States, England and Wales, and Australia, and has been used as a convenient way of referring to certain other offenses, but was not a term used in English law until 1968.Blackmail was originally a term from the Scottish Borders meaning payments rendered in exchange for protection from thieves and marauders. The "mail" part of blackmail derives from Middle English male meaning "rent or tribute". This tribute (male or reditus) was paid in goods or labour ("nigri"); hence reditus nigri, or "blackmail". Alternatively, it may be derived from two Scottish Gaelic words blathaich - to protect; and mal - tribute or payment.

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1. Blackmailed

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blackmailed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blackmailed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of blackmailed in a Sentence

1. Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic:

   Serbia will not allow itself to be blackmailed, humiliated or disrespected by anyone, serbia will never be anyone's punching bag.

2. Signora Gucci:

   In court, I [admitted Maurizio and I] hated each other, i made a lot of threats, but I didn’t give the order to kill him. The others [convicted co-conspirators] blackmailed me. What they said about me was not true.

3. Todd Chrisley:

   It bums me out, but at the same time Ive known about this. This isnt the first time the sex tape has been held over my head. We were blackmailed with it two years ago, i knew it existed.

4. Christian Lindner:

   Germany can't be blackmailed, we know there is a dependency on natural gas from Russia, it is a reality. We need time to reduce this dependency, this is the situation of the contracts and we do not change because President Vladimir Putin needs rubles for President Vladimir Putin war chest.

5. Zoe Constantopoulou:

   The government is being totally blackmailed to acquiesce to something which does not reflect what it represents.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmailed
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackmailed