Blackmail
Blackmail verb - Obtain through threats.
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Synonyms for Blackmail
Exploit and blackmail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exploit" instead a verb "Blackmail".
Nearby Words: blackmailer, blackmailing, blackmailed
How words are described
| good | good blackmail | good exploit |
| better | better blackmail | better exploit |
| obvious | obvious blackmail | obvious exploit |
| simple | simple blackmail | simple exploit |
| Other adjectives: little, clever, possible, minor, said. | ||
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Both words in one sentence
- She then proceeds to taunt and blackmail the Trans-Galactic Republic, specifically their shady Republic Intelligence Service who is fond of cloaking devices which have a relatively easy-to-exploit weakness that Aria gleefully seizes...until she is threatened with spacing.
Source: Break the Haughty
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