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

Many have commended her for speaking out, and have condemned the "arrogance" of her blackmailer, and his "perverted" behaviour.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023

She is left with few allies, the principle of whom being the blackmailer that got her into this situation.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2022

It follows the friends from their wide-eyed youth to their guilt-ridden adulthood, when the group’s disparate members are reunited by an anonymous blackmailer who threatens to tell all if they don’t pay up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2022

This woman is nothing more than a blackmailer.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron