English to English
noun
- extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- exert pressure on someone through threats
source: WordNet 3.0
- obtain through threats
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [blécmeil] Suhol sa mga tulisan ó manghaharang
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
