What is another word for blackmail?
329 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ blˈakme͡ɪl], [ blˈakmeɪl], [ b_l_ˈa_k_m_eɪ_l]Table of Contents
Similar words for blackmail:- act (noun)
- blackjack (noun)
- blackmail (noun)
- bribe (noun)
- fraud (noun)
- hush money (noun)
- scam (noun)
- swindle (noun)
- theft (noun)
- threat (noun)
- bleed (verb)
- force (verb)
- prey on (verb)
- steal (verb)
- threaten (verb)
- other synonyms
- bleed
- steal
- threaten
Definition for Blackmail:
Synonyms for Blackmail:
n.
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- case,
- protection,
- abet,
- counterfeit.
- gravy,
- influence peddling,
- Sweeteners,
- feedbags,
- goody,
- corrupt money,
- sweetener,
- corrupting gift,
- ice,
- buyoff,
- feedbag.
- duperies,
- fast ones,
- fast shuffles,
- hocus pocus,
- fraudulences,
- mis-representation,
- mis representation,
- doubledealing,
- swindlings,
- sharp practices,
- fourberies,
- mis representations,
- barratries,
- mis-representations,
- hankypanky,
- hoodwinkings,
- bamboozlements,
- dupings,
- song dance.
v.
•bleed (verb)- over charges,
- putting the screws to,
- over charged,
- over-charged,
- putting screws to,
- over-charge,
- over-charges,
- ex tracts,
- ex tract,
- over-charging,
- over charging,
- ex-tract,
- strongarm,
- puts the screws to,
- puts screws to,
- ex-tracts,
- over charge.
- bare hard on,
- bringing pressure bear upon,
- ex acts,
- pinned down,
- ex acting,
- re quire,
- brings pressure to bear up on,
- beared hard on,
- ex torts,
- ex-tort,
- brought pressure to bear upon,
- bears hard on,
- bearing hard on,
- brings pressure bear up on,
- over coming,
- re quires,
- bring pressure bear upon,
- over comes,
- over-coming,
- re strict,
- re quiring,
- bringing pressure to bear upon,
- brings pressure to bear upon,
- brought pressure to bear up on,
- brought pressure bear up on,
- ex-acting,
- re-quired,
- brought pressure bear upon,
- ex tort,
- bore hard on,
- concusses,
- ex-torts,
- over come,
- brings pressure bear upon,
- over-comes,
- putting squeeze on,
- ex act,
- puts squeeze on,
- re-strict,
- ex-act,
- re-quires,
- bringing pressure to bear up on,
- bring pressure to bear up on,
- bring pressure bear up on,
- re-quiring,
- re-quire,
- bringing pressure bear up on,
- re quired,
- ex-acted.
- de-predate,
- took advantage of,
- de predating,
- dis-tress,
- dis tressed,
- de predate,
- living off,
- dis-tresses,
- dis-tressed,
- de predates,
- de-predated,
- lives off,
- dis tresses,
- de-predating,
- lived off,
- de predated,
- dis tress,
- de-predates.
- pirate,
- defraud,
- shanghai,
- hijack,
- swipe,
- haul,
- abstract,
- nip,
- loot,
- shoplift,
- holdup,
- lift,
- burglarize,
- plagiarize,
- steal,
- grab,
- heist,
- pocket,
- stickup,
- rustle,
- rob,
- palm,
- pilfer,
- filch,
- mug,
- embezzle,
- cop,
- poach,
- fleece,
- plunder.
- looked daggers,
- co-wing,
- flexing muscles,
- co wing,
- fore warns,
- co wed,
- fore warn,
- shakes fist at,
- flexed muscles,
- fore-bodes,
- fore-bode,
- making threat,
- pushed around,
- fore-warn,
- fore bode,
- fore-boded,
- walking heavy,
- looking daggers,
- fore bodes,
- shaking fist at,
- looks daggers,
- comminates,
- walks heavy,
- fore-warns,
- walked heavy,
- fore warned,
- fore boded,
- makes threat,
- made threat,
- fore-warning,
- comminated,
- flexes muscles,
- shook fist at,
- co-wed.
Other synonyms:
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- contempt of court,
- bootleg,
- exaction,
- gimmickry,
- false imprisonment,
- criminal negligence,
- flash,
- schmooze,
- human trafficking,
- child abuse,
- high treason,
- keep in with,
- kidnap,
- play on,
- play off against,
- play up to,
- buy off,
- trespass,
- abduct,
- baksheesh,
- mob rule,
- vagrancy,
- commission,
- psychological warfare,
- bigamy,
- launder,
- kickback,
- soften up,
- sweet talk,
- commit,
- smuggle,
- defamation,
- sweeten up,
- smuggling,
- front for,
- perjury,
- treason,
- stalking,
- bribery,
- libel,
- run,
- soft soap,
- sop.
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- weapon,
- contempt,
- slander,
- lever,
- make up to,
- pay off,
- solicitation,
- gouge,
- flatter,
- conspiracy,
- decoy,
- special pleading,
- public nuisance,
- payola.
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- intent,
- manipulate.
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- bait.
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- twist.
- sticks up,
- housebreaking,
- stick up,
- hold for ransom,
- ran off with,
- walk with,
- held for ransom,
- housebreak,
- walked off with,
- Pirated,
- heisted,
- spirit away,
- sticking up,
- housebroken,
- heisting,
- Pirating,
- housebreaks,
- carried off,
- take possession of,
- ran with,
- run with,
- make off with,
- making off with,
- walk off with,
- stuck up,
- carry off,
- run off with,
- housebroke.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Blackmailing.
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Noun, singular or mass
Blackmailing.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, base form
blackmailellis.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
graft.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
extortion.
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Noun, plural
extortions, exactions.
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Noun, singular or mass
racketeering, extortion, coercion, bribery, ransom.
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Verb, base form
bribe.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Blackmail:
Blackmail Sentence Examples:
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He has learned what you can do and what you had better not do; he will never again cross the dead - line into crime, or take chances with experiments in blackmail.
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Well, said Random, nursing his chin, and staring into the fire, she made a mistake in trying to blackmail me, though why she did so I can't tell, seeing she had the whiphand of Braddock.
