blackmail

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

"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

“An’ how many did yeh have ter threaten an’ blackmail before . they agreed, Malfoy, eh?” he roared.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

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

A Moscow hotel porter blackmails a U.S. newsman into smuggling his reluctant daughter out of the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2020

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

Raising her voice, the former minister said: "I do not react well to being blackmailed."

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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

“You will never repeat that to anyone, do you hear me? I’ve come too far to have my position jeopardized! I won’t be blackmailed by a snot-nosed apprentice!”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

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 ● Mar. 19, 2026

These including using the pages to sell fake products or place scam adverts, harvesting personal information, spreading malware, tricking people into sending money, or blackmailing the company in question to unblock the account.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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