blackmail
n. 勒索,敲詐; 脅迫
v. 勒索,敲詐; 要挾
Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...
這些照片好像被用於敲詐勒索。
Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.
對方指控他敲詐勒索。
If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.
The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
從公然威嚇到微妙的情感脅迫,各種戰術都用上了。
If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.
He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him...
他告訴她說他們的婚外情必須結束了,因為傑克·史密斯正在敲詐他。
The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence...
政府堅持說它不會接受暴力訛詐。
1. extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
1. exert pressure on someone through threats
2. obtain through threats
The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.
記者訛詐那名律師交給他檔案.
Hijack ing is a form of blackmail.
劫持是敲詐的一種形式.
Some reports suggest Lan may have been trying to blackmail the mine owner.
一些報導說,蘭成長可能曾試圖勒索礦主.
Mac: No, actually it's called blackmail. Entrapment is what cops do to thieves.
邁克: 不, 實際上叫作勒索. 誘捕是警察對付賊的手段.
He tried to use the scandal to blackmail me.
他想利用這種醜聞敲詐我.