Blackmail

Blackmail

The action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding money from a person in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information about that person.

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blackmail

General; Miscellaneous

demand money with threat - 'mail' from Saxon 'mal' meaning 'rent', also from 'maille', an old French coin; 'black' is from the Gaelic, to cherish or protect; the term 'blackmail' ...

blackmail

Law; General law

A form of extortion, where the victim is threatened to act against his/her will or to cause injury to another person. The most common threat associated with blackmail is to ...

blackmail

Law; US law

The action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding money from a person in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information about that person.

blackmail

Language; Dictionaries

A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, ...

blackmail

Language; Dictionaries

To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an ...

blackmailing

Language; Dictionaries

The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.

annotation

Law; US law

Annotation is the note or commentary, often with reference to other authority; like American Law Reports, an annotated reporter.

American law reports

Law; US law

An annotated reporter by Lawyers Cooperation Publishing Company is called as American Law Reports and is revised every year.

bankruptcy

Law; US law

Under authority of the federal bankruptcy act, individuals and companies may be relieved of most of their debt.

constitution

Law; US law

Constitution is the highest and fundamental form of law.Amendments in constitution are added after approval.

report

Law; US law

A law book containing opinions of the court, also called cases. A report, as opposed to a reporter, is generally official, meaning it is published by or under the authority of the ...