blackmail
Example Sentences
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I spoke to the late-life lovebirds about their process of marital manuscript-making: the good, the not so good and the blackmailing.
From Los Angeles Times
John Rogers was convicted of a lesser charge in a case that featured spycraft, online seduction and a blackmail scam.
This is when “Heel” is at its most alluringly queasy, a dark commentary on all families as institutions inherently built on confinement and emotional blackmail.
From Los Angeles Times
Gonzales had previously dismissed the allegations as "blackmail" and a "co-ordinated" attack to unseat him.
From BBC
The famous Maggie Fox, who once earned more than most American men, now used her treasured love story to blackmail the Kanes for enough money to live on.
From Literature
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