Blackmail
Blackmail verb - Obtain through threats.
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Synonyms for Blackmail
Loot and blackmail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Loot" instead a verb "Blackmail".
Nearby Words: blackmailer, blackmailing, blackmailed
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good blackmail | good loot |
| better | better blackmail | better loot |
| little | little blackmail | little loot |
| excellent | excellent blackmail | excellent loot |
| Other adjectives: personal, possible, minor. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Zuccalà find out that the women killed the robbers and kept the loot so the blackmail them to have the loot for themselves.
Source: Film / Amiche Da Morire - But then they worked together on a heist of a Black Sun crime lord's mansion alongside several of Han's other criminal friends, with Lando opting to take a file of Black Sun's blackmail material in lieu of credits as his share of the loot.
Source: Noodle Incident / Film -
An early edition of White Dwarf magazine carried an article on how GM's could do this for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay in which it advised four steps: (1) Subtlety (2) Emotional Blackmail (3) Bribery with loot, and (4) Just dropping the plot and encounter in at the very next opportunity.
Source: Railroading
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