blackmail
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"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
The prosecution argued the payments amounted to blackmail and that her report of rape to the police was false.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“That’s an extraordinary source of revenue — also a reminder that they essentially have a blackmail card up their sleeve,” he added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
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
“Are you saying you would have caved in to blackmail like that?”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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