blackmail
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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
"Iran should not use this strait as a weapon to pressure or to blackmail the Gulf countries," Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told reporters in Doha on Tuesday.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
She was charged with four counts, including blackmail and destruction of records, and has pleaded not guilty.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Hong Kong police first arrested the man, but within hours released him and arrested Rose, charging her with blackmail and later with perverting the course of public justice.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
When he targeted Gainsborough’s Duchess of Devonshire, he had a specific goal: to blackmail its owner into paying the bond for his imprisoned brother.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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