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black·mail (blăk'māl')
n.
    1. Extortion of money or something else of value from a person by the threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information.
    2. Something of value extorted in this manner.
  2. Tribute formerly paid to freebooters along the Scottish border for protection from pillage.

[BLACK + MAIL3.]

blackmail black'mail' v.
blackmailer black'mail'er n.

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