blackmail
blackmail
noun
blackmailer
noun
语源
noun
- [mass noun]the action, treated as a criminal offence, of demanding money from someone in return for not revealing compromising information which one has about them
敲诈，勒索，讹诈
■money demanded in this way
敲诈勒索的钱财
we do not pay blackmail.
我们是不会支付勒索金的。
■the use of threats or the manipulation of someone's feelings to force them to do something
敲诈；讹诈；勒索；胁迫；利用他人感情哄骗
some people use emotional blackmail.
有些人使用感情讹诈的手段。
- [with obj.]demand money from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising information about them
以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财
■force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings
胁迫，利用他人感情骗取
he had blackmailed her into sailing with him.
他胁迫她和他一起航行。
blackmailer
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent. (denoting protection money levied by Scottish chiefs): from black +obsolete mail 'tribute, rent', from Old Norse mál 'speech, agreement'
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