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

"I never said it wasn't; but it is blackmailing perfected into a system."

From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile

"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