blackmail
noun
any payment extorted by intimidation, as by threats of injurious revelations or accusations.
are blackmailing
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present progressiveof blackmail.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Does it not mean that you are blackmailing me?
From The Blotting Book by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
The miners, therefore, are not seeking justice; they are blackmailing rich and poor alike by their monopoly of one of the necessaries of life.
From Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge
