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blackmail
verb [T] /ˈblæk.meɪl/Definition
C2 to get money from someone by blackmail: They used the photographs to blackmail her into spying for them.Cheating and trickingPlotting and trapping blackmailer
/-ˌmeɪ.lər/
/-ˌmeɪ.lɚ/ noun [C] Miscellaneous criminals
/-ˌmeɪ.lɚ/ noun [C] Miscellaneous criminals (Definition of blackmail verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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