is blackmailing
- present progressive of blackmail (3rd person singular).
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
Some is blackmailing the author W. Somerset Maugham and he asks Bernie Gunther to investigate.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2016
Tell the manager of the club who this guy is, that he is blackmailing you, and you would like him banned.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2012
"So you think your competition is blackmailing you," Duncan offered.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
"I never said it wasn't; but it is blackmailing perfected into a system."
From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile
