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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
A fraudulent scheme or ruse
An act or behavior used to intimidate someone
A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime)
Verb
Intimidating for money
To force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings
To state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
Attack, terrorize
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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
extortion
intimidation
exaction
bribery
threat
coercion
compulsion
milking
protection
ransom
wringing
bleeding
bloodsucking
chantage
pay-off
shakedown
bribe
corruption
extraction
payoff
protection racket
tribute
hush money
demanding money with menaces
slush fund
squeeze
exhortation
pressure
force
rapacity
oppression
squeezing
entrapment
threats
strong arm
strong arm tactics
wresting
exacting
“Police treated the approach as
blackmail
and brought charges against him last October.”
Noun
▲
A fraudulent scheme or ruse
fraud
swindle
con
scam
trick
deception
flimflam
artifice
sting
hoax
ruse
cheat
stratagem
wile
bunco
subterfuge
hustle
sham
scheme
fiddle
racket
imposture
bunko
grift
rort
diddle
canard
humbug
shakedown
spoof
fastie
misrepresentation
sell
kite
boondoggle
chicane
craft
swizzle
bamboozlement
duping
embezzlement
barratry
crime
criminality
hoodwinking
monkeyshine
string
wrong
villainy
rip-off
con trick
double-dealing
foul play
dirty trick
shell game
bad deed
funny business
sharp practice
dirty work
leg-pull
dirty deeds
hanky-panky
fast shuffle
cruel act
hocus-pocus
hoky-poky
smoke and mirrors
snake oil
song and dance
wooden nickel
fast one
deceit
dodge
extortion
cheating
confidence trick
crooked deal
shady deal
dirty pool
trickery
swizz
exploitation
imposition
chicanery
knavery
roguery
frame-up
stealing
fake
double cross
ramp
twist
fraudulent scheme
double-cross
hosing
snow job
con game
sucker game
rug pull
dishonesty
pretence
UK
dissimulation
pretense
US
duplicity
lie
manoeuvre
UK
ploy
dissembling
maneuver
US
falsity
quackery
device
insincerity
cant
machination
sanctimoniousness
hypocrisy
feint
bluff
mockery
affectation
contrivance
game
wheeze
unctuousness
speciousness
casuistry
sleight
glibness
fetch
sanctimony
display
put-on
blind
pharisaicalness
gambit
gimmick
phoniness
pharisaism
shift
pietism
fix
two-facedness
confidence game
lurk
set-up
lip service
bigotry
irreverence
flanker
bad faith
false profession
tartuffery
deceitfulness
shenanigan
play
pretext
jig
stunt
knack
juggle
kidology
tactic
expedient
whitewash
plot
delusion
schlenter
trap
rig
fakery
bit of sharp practice
fraudulence
jive
swindling
falsehood
frame
illusion
codology
intrigue
Trojan horse
falseness
deceptiveness
treachery
mendacity
invention
setup
fabrication
self-righteousness
shamming
prank
pretentiousness
criminal activity
plant
jazz
baloney
plan
bunco game
falsification
craftiness
move
posturing
charade
cozening
hoaxing
conspiracy
graft
Tartufferie
snare
decoy
wangle
phoneyness
lying
run around
cover up
bill of goods
cunning
corruption
stall
guise
masquerade
empty talk
smokescreen
piece of deception
monkey business
sleight of hand
slyness
put-up job
guile
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
charlatanism
brigand
joke
haughtiness
conceit
complacency
piety
smugness
superciliousness
pomposity
self-satisfaction
religiosity
Ponzi
skin game
bait-and-switch
boiler room
jest
victimisation
UK
victimization
US
jape
practical joke
sellout
hocus
thimblerigging
thimblerig
ambush
evasion
cover
distortion
caper
hokum
porky
dupe
sweet talk
soft soap
crocodile tears
hogwash
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
wrinkle
story
ride
catch
pork pie
cover-up
shuck
malarkey
crock
fib
gold brick
overcharging
fakeness
false piety
rip
racketeering
show
disingenuousness
persona
jiggery-pokery
legerdemain
jugglery
skullduggery
skulduggery
gamesmanship
artificiality
felony
daylight robbery
lies
propaganda
perfidy
theft
squeeze
illegality
lay
lawlessness
lawbreaking
mare's nest
artfulness
facade
jiving
snow
front
push
bad deal
façade
bad buy
mendaciousness
duplicitousness
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
beguilement
horseplay
slant
allurement
monkeyshines
shenanigans
scheming
lure
angle
switch
false show
evasiveness
slickness
shiftiness
perfidiousness
faithless
method
strategy
mere show
illegal scheme
false colors
false front
hollowness
unfaithfulness
deviousness
backhandedness
snide
untruthfulness
illegal enterprise
loophole
criminal violence
criminal action
a criminal offence
pretension
illicit scheme
charlatanry
little game
take-in
being two-faced
piousness
Pharisaism
phariseeism
affected piety
false virtue
affected superiority
double standard
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act or behavior used to intimidate someone
threat
pressure
intimidation
force
bullying
coercion
harassment
duress
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
menacing
browbeating
threatening
terrorization
oppression
menace
warning
extortion
fulmination
commination
domineering
harrying
hounding
railroading
tyrannization
fearmongering
scaring
steamrollering
subduing
terrifying
thunder
arm-twisting
strong-arm tactic
scare tactic
scare tactics
reign of terror
strong-arming
strong-arm tactics
strong arm tactics
compulsion
enforcement
threats
violence
persuasion
constraint
influence
demand
insistence
terrorism
ambush
exaction
hardship
control
obligation
driving
duty
spur
impulsion
requirement
force majeure
strong arm
pestering
nagging
goading
provocation
entreaty
badgering
foul play
power
sway
pains
conscription
necessity
shakedown
goad
spring
impelling
motive
extraction
rapacity
conscience
maltreatment
victimisation
UK
mistreatment
victimization
US
squeezing
entrapment
squeeze
urgency
demanding money with menaces
engrossment
prepossession
craving
monkey
hang-up
exigency
preoccupation
pressuring
pressurizing
US
unnerving
cowing
tormenting
frightening
persecution
plaguing
menaces
terrorizing
US
daunting
have on the brain
tiger by the tail
fear
bulldozing
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
terrorising
UK
pressurising
UK
administration
imposition
application
prosecution
implementation
execution
fulfilment
UK
administering
discharge
carrying out
effectuation
pursuance
reinforcement
enforcing
putting into practice
prescription
compulsory law
whip
necessitation
lash
martial law
fulfilling
fulfillment
US
more ❯
Noun
▲
A bribe to maintain secrecy (to prevent bad publicity or to prevent the discovery of a crime)
hush money
backhander
bribe
bung
incentive
kickback
pacifier
payoff
sweetener
extortion
graft
payola
inducement
pay-off
sop
carrot
gift
goody
bait
sweetening
dropsy
ice
enticement
fix
price
corrupting gift
reward for treachery
contract
schmear
allurement
douceur
take
envelope
present
drop
fringe benefit
corrupt money
gratuity
protection
lagniappe
buyoff
lure
boodle
perk
remuneration
grease
reward
cumshaw
perquisite
influence peddling
sling
plugola
feedbag
gravy
compensation
payment
tip
cut
bribery
handout
share
bonus
favour
UK
favor
US
baksheesh
percentage
commission
rake-off
dividend
money
palm greasing
kick-back
recompense
token
oil
softener
lubrication payment
grease payment
money under the table
ransom
liberation money
sum
throw-in
extra
donative
pourboire
half
allotment
part
portion
ration
allocation
smalls
bonsella
whack
measure
apportionment
something extra
fee
small change
little something extra
gravy train
little something
little extra
bit extra
piece of the action
slice of the cake
more ❯
Verb
▲
Intimidating for money
threaten
milk
bleed
compel
exact
force
squeeze
coerce
dragoon
intimidate
wrest
wring
extort
press-gang
badger
bribe
demand
extract
ransom
shake
extort money from
shake down
demand hush money from
hold to ransom
put the shake on
fleece
gouge
pressure
pressurize
US
pressurise
UK
screw
bully
rack
cheat
skin
ice
secure
get
stick
obtain
pinch
sting
wrench
soak
clip
blackmail someone for
hold up
put screws to
obtain by threats
put the arm on
worm something out of someone
pull one's leg
put the bite on someone for
obtain under duress
make pay through nose
obtain by force
obtain by threat
elicit
drag
pry
twist
overcharge
constrain
oppress
surcharge
bleed someone of something
hold a knife to
swindle
arm-twist
lever
pull
worm out
assault
ravish
blast
defile
burst
jemmy
jimmy
draw
use violence on
prise
more ❯
“She's using her police connections to
blackmail
money out of me.”
Verb
▲
To force (someone) to do something by using threats or manipulating their feelings
bulldoze
coerce
pressure
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
force
railroad
lean on
bring pressure to bear on
put the screws on
compel
drive
press
oblige
make
constrain
impel
dragoon
strong-arm
require
steamroller
browbeat
obligate
sandbag
menace
bludgeon
cause
impress
muscle
bully
order
demand
command
tighten the screws on
use strong-arm tactics on
induce
tighten the screw on
put up to
hector
impose on
put the heat on
effect
turn the screws on
prevail on
harass
turn the screw on
intimidate
prevail upon
have
will
hound
have someone do something
badger
high-pressure
necessitate
urge
push
overcome
blackjack
charge
terrorize
US
enforce
occasion
impose
foist
use force on
put screws to
bind
press-gang
choke
conscript
obtrude
force one's hand
contract
put the bite on
insist
enjoin
bring pressure to bear upon
bear down
burden
put the squeeze on
pin down
urge by force
terrorise
UK
move
use duress on
exert force on
apply
twist someone's arm
bear hard on
concuss
put squeeze on
influence
put pressure on
hustle
use pressure on
squeeze
twist one's arm
persuade
prod
brainwash
goad
nag
put under an obligation
fast-talk
threaten
shotgun
exact
harry
pester
work on
turn on the heat
commit
restrict
restrain
cow
steamroll
beset
bounce
dragoon into
cajole
claim
bear
challenge
tyrannize
US
browbeat into
make necessary
ask
act on
postulate
crave
put the arm on
tyrannise
UK
push around
breathe down someone's neck
come at
indebt
astrict
actuate
leave someone no option
worry
provoke
make indebted
hassle
kick
ramrod
bother
apply pressure
prompt
pressurize into
coerce into
shanghai
compress
inveigle
get
lead
exhort
bludgeon into
bully into
bring force to bear on
hold a gun to someone's head
dog
constrict
condense
squash
tempt
work over
sell
politick
intimidate into
terrorize into
wheedle
importune
assail
warrant
put the screws to
crack down
argue
involve
railroad into
throw your weight around
plague
oppress
besiege
talk
sway
entail
call for
leave someone no option but to
put the chill on
trouble
torment
vex
steamroller into
encourage
bulldoze into
want
need
take
mean
exert influence on
go to town on
bear down on
behoove
US
dictate
levy
insist on
behove
UK
be grounds for
employ
leave no choice but to
assess
subject
fine
lay
inflict
hinder
suppress
repress
consign
assign
condemn
put
doom
instruct
bid
high pressure
make an offer they can't refuse
direct
request
subject to
beg
beseech
requisition
solicit
call upon
push for
insist upon
assert oneself
more ❯
“Mindy informed her friend that she could remember everything and attempted to
blackmail
her into leaving John.”
Verb
▲
To state one's intention to take hostile and retributive action against someone
threaten
warn
caution
forewarn
comminate
spook
alarm
make threat
make threats against
make threats to
threaten to harm
shake fist at
issue threats to
threaten to kill
flex muscles
look daggers
Verb
▲
To cheat, deceive or defraud someone for personal gain
bleed
cheat
defraud
con
swindle
fleece
stiff
bilk
diddle
sucker
sting
cozen
hustle
rook
skin
flimflam
victimise
UK
victimize
US
do
shortchange
screw
fiddle
hose
stick
mulct
short
chisel
skunk
gaff
ream
chouse
thimblerig
euchre
pluck
nobble
beat
exploit
overcharge
steal
extort
wring
impoverish
pauperize
rip off
shake down
do in
suck dry
strong-arm
put the screws to
suck the life out of
molest
hound
trick
harass
intimidate
hoodwink
pick on
attack
terrorize
US
prey on
take advantage of
terrorise
UK
squeeze
deceive
dupe
take for a ride
bamboozle
finagle
gull
mislead
fool
scam
take to the cleaners
shaft
milk
hoax
pull a fast one on
put one over on
double-cross
gouge
snooker
hornswoggle
bunco
clip
delude
burn
sandbag
embezzle
sell a pup to
rob
swizzle
sharp
sell a bill of goods to
pull a swifty on
chicane
gazump
have
rush
string along
snow
short-change
take in
beguile
swizz
goldbrick
pilfer
take
lead up the garden path
give someone a bum steer
sell down the river
sell a pup
rope in
stitch up
pull a fast one
double-deal
force
sell
illude
humbug
plunder
soak
wrest
fudge
trim
shuck
jerk around
screw over
give the shaft
run a game on
sell a bill of goods
do the dirty on
have on
overreach
set up
do out of
do someone in the eye
jiggle
fraud
extract
penalise
UK
punish
penalize
US
baulk
UK
fine
balk
US
forfeit
betray
exact
bluff
misguide
misinform
expel
wrench
heist
use
filch
pigeon
gip
frame
bilk of
outwit
grift
spoof
gammon
buffalo
rip-off
juggle
catch
jive
cross
be sold a pup
fake out
lead down the garden path
suck in
lirt
blench
rogue
belirt
crib
circumvent
ruin
frustrate
thwart
foil
disappoint
do number on
pull fast one
sucker into
inveigle
wheedle
entrap
kid
tear from
bleed someone of something
cajole
lure
coax
pull one's leg
butty
do a number on
fast talk
take out
give bum steer
break the rules
sweet-talk
despoil
more ❯
Verb
▲
Attack, terrorize
prey on
catch
attack
bleed
bother
bug
bully
burden
consume
depredate
depress
devour
distress
eat
exploit
extort
fleece
haunt
hunt
intimidate
kill
load
oppress
plunder
preoccupy
raid
seize
tax
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
trouble
victimise
UK
victimize
US
weigh
worry
feed on
live off
live on
take advantage of
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