blackmailer
Example Sentences
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Not a bad legacy, considering George Downing is summarized by his biographer thus: “Liar, blackmailer, seducer and thief, this double-dealing shapeshifter would betray both friends and principles without a moment’s misgiving.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
He ran up debts, plundered her money and spun a story about a blackmailer from prison coming for them.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025
Adam isn’t the blackmailer — and he’s certainly not Javi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
“The real people are still there, with their problems and potential, hopes and dreams,” says Keating’s wife, a brilliant archaeologist and astute political blackmailer whose “tanned skin is flawless.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2021
“Maybe not,” said the Prime Minister, standing up and striding about the room, “but I would have put all my efforts into catching the blackmailer before he committed any such atrocity!”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
