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Synonyms for blackmail
noun intimidation for money; money to quiet informerbleed
verb. extort
bribe
noun. payoff to influence illegal or wrong activity
- allurement
- bait
- blackmail
- buyoff
- compensation
- contract
- corrupt money
- corrupting gift
- enticement
- envelope
- feedbag
- fringe benefit
- gift
- goody
- graft
- gratuity
- gravy
- grease
- hush money
- ice
- incentive
- inducement
- influence peddling
- kickback
- lagniappe
- lure
- payola
- perk
- perquisite
- present
- price
- protection
- remuneration
- reward
- sop
- sweetener
- sweetening
- take
force
verb. obligate to do something
- apply
- bear down
- bear hard on
- bind
- blackmail
- bring pressure to bear upon
- burden
- cause
- charge
- choke
- coerce
- command
- compel
- concuss
- conscript
- constrain
- contract
- demand
- draft
- drag
- dragoon
- drive
- enforce
- enjoin
- exact
- extort
- fix
- impel
- impose
- impress
- inflict
- insist
- limit
- make
- move
- necessitate
- oblige
- obtrude
- occasion
- order
- overcome
- pin down
- press
- pressure
- pressurize
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
- require
- restrict
- sandbag
- shotgun
- strong-arm
- urge
- wrest
- wring
forces
verb. obligate to do something
- apply
- bear down
- bear hard on
- bind
- blackmail
- bring pressure to bear upon
- burden
- cause
- charge
- choke
- coerce
- command
- compel
- concuss
- conscript
- constrain
- contract
- demand
- draft
- drag
- dragoon
- drive
- enforce
- enjoin
- exact
- extort
- fix
- impel
- impose
- impress
- inflict
- insist
- limit
- make
- move
- necessitate
- oblige
- obtrude
- occasion
- order
- overcome
- pin down
- press
- pressure
- pressurize
- put screws to
- put squeeze on
- require
- restrict
- sandbag
- shotgun
- strong-arm
- urge
- wrest
- wring
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