blackmail

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Since the new law’s enactment, the Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum, a Ugandan advocacy group, has documented more than 1,200 cases of blackmail and harassment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

"I reported it to the police within 72 hours, and very quickly after the allegation was dropped completely and I was the one left facing charges of blackmail," she told the BBC.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

J. Edgar Hoover, who led the FBI for 48 years, had established a personal fiefdom devoted to consolidating power and pursuing his own personal obsessions, sometimes with blackmail and coercion.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

And they’ll learn that their secret is not completely secure when blackmail notes begin to arrive — at which point the series becomes a mystery.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Hazel was still seething from his blackmail threats earlier.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan