blackmail
US: /ˈbɫækˌmeɪɫ/
UK: /blˈækmeɪl/
UK: /blˈækmeɪl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
blackmail /'blækmeil/
- danh từ
- sự hâm doạ để tống tiền
- tiền lấy được do hăm doạ
- ngoại động từ
- hâm doạ để làm tiền
- tống tiền
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun [U]
1 the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell sb else a secret about them
2 the act of putting pressure on a person or a group to do sth they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty: emotional / moral blackmail
+ verb [VN] ~ sb (into doing sth) to force sb to give you money or do sth for you by threatening them, for example by saying you will tell people a secret about them: She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair. + The President said he wouldn't be blackmailed into agreeing to the terrorists' demands.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 extortion, ransom, tribute, US graft:
Even if you pay the blackmail, that is no guarantee that he won't demand more later.
v.
2 extort money from; force, coerce, compel, make:
They had discovered his indiscretions and were blackmailing him. He blackmailed her into signing the alimony settlement.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
emotional, moral
BLACKMAIL + NOUN
threat
CRIMES:
be guilty of, commit ~
Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.
accuse sb of, charge sb with ~
He has been accused of her murder.
convict sb of, find sb guilty of ~
She was found guilty of high treason.
acquit sb of ~
The engineer responsible for the collapse of the bridge was acquitted of manslaughter.
admit, confess to, deny ~
All three men have denied assault. She admitted 33 assault charges.
plead guilty/not guilty to ~
He pleaded guilty to a charge of gross indecency.
investigate (sb for) ~
She is being investigated for suspected bribery.
be suspected for/of ~
He was the least likely to be suspected of her murder.
be/come under investigation for ~
She was the second minister to come under investigation for corruption.
be wanted for ~ be wanted on charges of ~
He was wanted on charges of espionage.
solve
a case, crime, murder, robbery, theftThe police and the public must work together to solve the murder.
arrest sb for ~
Jean was arrested for arson.
be tried for, stand trial for ~
to stand trial for extortion
~ case/trial
The nurse's murder trial continues.
~ charge
The police agreed to drop the conspiracy charges against him.
a charge/count of ~
The jury convicted her on two counts of theft.
ADV.
virtually
VERB + BLACKMAIL
attempt to, try to
PREP.
into
She says she was virtually blackmailed into giving up her claim to the property.
Concise English dictionary
blackmails|blackmailed|blackmailing
+extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
verb
+exert pressure on someone through threats
+obtain through threats
