Example Sentences

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"For me, there's nobody that is above law in the country. Blackmailing is a very bad offence. It's a very big crime," he said, speaking to the BBC on condition of anonymity.

From BBC • May 14, 2023

“Is that what you think I’m doing? Blackmailing you?”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Blackmailing plants had acquired a sudden vogue; nearly all the wise-cracking kings and queens of Marr's world had gone or were going into them.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Blackmailing is a word which has a very ugly sound in an English lawyer's ears.

From The Chink in the Armour by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

You will find some of your friends who will talk of the 'Deane Blackmailing Affair,' and who will never be quite sure whether I was prosecutor or defendant.

From The Golden Web by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)