blackmailer
- a word derived from blackmail.
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
Nathan also did not pay the ransom facing him - instead he tried to bluff the blackmailer into thinking he did not care if the photos were released.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
She was also an advocate for “free love,” a blackmailer, an accused bigamist, possibly a prostitute, and a spiritualist who claimed she channeled the spirit of Demosthenes, a statesman from ancient Greece.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
