| slovo | definícia |
blackmail
(mass) | blackmail
- vydieranie |
blackmail
(encz) | blackmail,vyděračství n: Zdeněk Brož |
blackmail
(encz) | blackmail,vydírání n: |
blackmail
(encz) | blackmail,vydírat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Blackmail
(gcide) | Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.]
1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing,
anciently paid, in the north of England and south of
Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or
moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. --Sir
W. Scott.
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2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also,
extortion of money from a person by threats of public
accusation, exposure, or censure.
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3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the
lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in
silver.
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To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury
to one's reputation.
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Blackmail
(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.]
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blackmail
(wn) | blackmail
n 1: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting
information
v 1: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn:
blackmail, blackjack, pressure]
2: obtain through threats |
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blackmailed
(encz) | blackmailed,vydíral v: Zdeněk Brožblackmailed,vydíraný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
blackmailer
(encz) | blackmailer,vyděrač n: Cascaval |
Blackmail
(gcide) | Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.]
1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing,
anciently paid, in the north of England and south of
Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or
moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also,
extortion of money from a person by threats of public
accusation, exposure, or censure.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the
lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in
silver.
[1913 Webster]
To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury
to one's reputation.
[1913 Webster]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.]
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Blackmailed
(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.]
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Blackmailer
(gcide) | Blackmailer \Black"mail`er\, n.
One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black
mailing.
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Blackmailing
(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]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.
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To levy blackmail
(gcide) | Blackmail \Black"mail`\, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.]
1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing,
anciently paid, in the north of England and south of
Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or
moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. --Sir
W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also,
extortion of money from a person by threats of public
accusation, exposure, or censure.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the
lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in
silver.
[1913 Webster]
To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury
to one's reputation.
[1913 Webster] |
blackmailer
(wn) | blackmailer
n 1: a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to
expose embarrassing information about them [syn:
blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist] |
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