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Definition of: blackmail
(blak′māl′) noun
1. Extortion by threats of public accusation or of exposure.
2. Scot. A tax formerly paid to bandits to insure immunity from pillage.
—v.t.
1. To levy blackmail upon.
2. To force (to do something) as by threats: with into. [<BLACK + MAIL3]
—black′mail′er noun
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