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

It certainly doesn’t help that her husband, the true blackmailer, is also dredging up the past.

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

This woman is nothing more than a blackmailer.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron