blackmail

When it is tied to "an unparalleled moral eminence", he wrote, a fast unto death "amounts to blackmail".

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Intent on keeping the band’s image clean, and fearful of his own exposure, Epstein ventured to some dark places, metaphorical and otherwise, leaving himself open to blackmail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

This exemplary service failed to account for her disturbingly poor judgment, risking blackmail and conflict-of-interest allegations, since the Atlanta Police Department appears before her court; nor her lack of candor to the court.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

I read a description of the series that summed things up like this: A divorced mom gets caught up in a perilous web of blackmail, murder and youth soccer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Ammu said that there was only one person in the family who was a fit candidate for biographical blackmail and that was Chacko himself.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

For Nate, a bid at redemption comes not from his mother but from Jade, who blackmails the A Taste of Athens manager, Derek into firing him.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

Persistent, and desperate, Cassie blackmails her for the spot saying she knows that Carol sells "buddy passes" and that everyone calls her "black market Carol" because of it.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022

Kiki’s former spymaster, the shadowy Dr. Fox, persuades — well, blackmails — her into working for him again, gathering intelligence on possible threats.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021

When Cousin Greg successfully blackmails Tom, Tom responds with pride: His boy is growing up, learning the disgusting ways of power.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2019

Booth blackmails Atzerodt, saying belongings John Wilkes Booth took with he left his hotel room on April 14, 1865. he’s in too deep to back out.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

Rogers’s undoing began with a string of emails and an alarming realization: He was being blackmailed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Worse, the patients were the ones feeling emotionally blackmailed into donating money.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed," said Lars Klingbeil, at a press conference in Berlin alongside French Economy Minister Roland Lescure.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

A South Korean court has sentenced a woman who blackmailed football star Son Heung-min to four years in prison.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

“You’re telling me that Dusty Muleman blackmailed the government’s lawyers?”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Some have suggested that Moreno had been silent because Miller was blackmailing him.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

Bondi is under fire after she said last week there was no evidence Epstein kept a "client list" or was blackmailing powerful figures.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

Epstein conspiracists go way beyond this, however, insisting there’s a “client list” Epstein kept with detailed notes about who he was blackmailing and for what.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025

“They’re blackmailing me,” Ms. Navalnaya said in a video posted on her son’s YouTube channel.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

“So he’s been blackmailing Queen Orlagh,” Dain says, and the Roach and I look over at him.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black