blackmailing

black-mail-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of *blackmail*; the act of demanding money or benefits by threatening to reveal damaging information.

  2. 2.

    The practice of blackmail.

Related words

See also: blackmail, blackmailed, extortion
Synonyms: coercing, extorting

Etymology

Del scottish_english black + mail