Top Definitions
Quiz
Examples

chantage

[ shahn-tazh ]

/ ʃɑ̃ˈtaʒ /

Save This Word!

noun French.

QUIZ

WILL YOU SAIL OR STUMBLE ON THESE GRAMMAR QUESTIONS?

Smoothly step over to these common grammar mistakes that trip many people up. Good luck!

Question 1 of 7

Fill in the blank: I can’t figure out _____ gave me this gift.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of chantage

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby chantage

chanson de geste, Chanson de Roland, chansonette, chansonnier, chant, chantage, chantant, Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, chantefable, chanter, chanterelle

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use chantage in a sentence

That Aretino was the inventor of literary chantage is certain; but that it was justifiable, does not appear.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
Thus the very basest of all trades, that of chantage, is encouraged by the law.
A Problem in Modern Ethics|John Addington Symonds
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.
Painted Veils|James Huneker
That was a bit of 'chantage' that you did with Dauriat; he gave you a thousand crowns to let Nathan alone.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris|Honore de Balzac

There are in London and every large city scores of men and women who live by blackmailing or chantage.
Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology|W. G. Aitchison Robertson