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Citing the abuses of Hoover’s forty-eight-year tenure—including reports that he had blackmailed Presidents and members of Congress—directors were barred from serving more than a single ten-year term.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2018

But on that night’s newscast, a St. Louis television station publicized Mr. Greitens’s affair and reported accusations that he had blackmailed the woman.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2018

Watergate burglary overseer Howard Hunt was set to appear Monday afternoon before the Watergate grand jury; he had blackmailed the White House by threatening to reveal “seamy stories,” and he knew several.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2015

She had blackmailed him, more or less, ever since he got his commission, because of an old trouble he'd had in Texas.

From Waring's Peril by King, Charles

Now the steward is preparing to blackmail the Bishop, as he had blackmailed the Bishop's brother.

From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell