blackmailing
- present participle of blackmail.
Example Sentences
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With all the intrepid sports reporters on the Times’ staff, I am surprised that nobody has uncovered the story that Michael Conforto is blackmailing either Andrew Friedman or Dave Roberts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2025
Epstein conspiracists go way beyond this, however, insisting there’s a “client list” Epstein kept with detailed notes about who he was blackmailing and for what.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
“What We Do Next” is a three-person chamber drama that takes the scheming and blackmailing of political thrillers like “House of Cards” and shapes them into something like a morality play.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
Wray said the United States had made a number of indictments involving the Chinese government harassing, stalking, surveilling, and blackmailing people in the United States who disagreed with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2022
My mom was essentially blackmailing me into being a good feminist and following my heart.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
