chantage

[ shahn-tazh ]

noun

, French.

1. blackmail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chantage¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

That Aretino was the inventor of literary chantage is certain; but that it was justifiable, does not appear.

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Thus the very basest of all trades, that of chantage, is encouraged by the law.

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He is a rotten little egotist and I wouldn't put him above chantage, polite chantage, if you will, but plain extortion at the end.

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That was a bit of 'chantage' that you did with Dauriat; he gave you a thousand crowns to let Nathan alone.

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There are in London and every large city scores of men and women who live by blackmailing or chantage.

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