'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]

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