'Blackmailing' definitions:
Definition of 'Blackmailing'
From: GCIDE
- Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackmailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Blackmailing.] To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blackmailing'
From: GCIDE
- Blackmailing \Black"mail`ing\, n. The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation. [1913 Webster]