blackmail

noun

1. 勒索；敲诈
   the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell sb else a secret about them
2. 胁迫；威胁；恐吓
   the act of putting pressure on a person or a group to do sth they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty
   1. emotional/moral blackmail
      情感上 / 道德上胁迫

verb

1. 勒索；敲诈；要挟；胁迫
   to force sb to give you money or do sth for you by threatening them, for example by saying you will tell people a secret about them
   1. She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.
      她以向报纸公开他们的恋情要挟了他很多年。
   2. The President said he wouldn't be blackmailed into agreeing to the terrorists' demands.
      总统说他不会因受恐怖分子的威胁而答应他们的要求。

1. N-UNCOUNT 勒索；敲诈；讹诈
   Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
   1. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...
      这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。
   2. Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.
      对方指控他敲诈勒索。
2. N-UNCOUNT （情感或道德上的）迫使，胁迫
   If you describe an action as emotional or moral blackmail, you disapprove of it because someone is using a person's emotions or moral values to persuade them to do something against their will.
   1. The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
      从公然威吓到微妙的情感胁迫，各种战术都用上了。
3. VERB 勒索；敲诈；讹诈
   If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.
   1. He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him...
      他告诉她说他们的婚外情必须结束了，因为杰克·史密斯正在敲诈他。
   2. The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence...
      政府坚持说它不会接受暴力讹诈。
   3. I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted.
      我认为他想敲诈我，让我说出他想知道的一切。

1. It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail
   这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。
2. Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.
   对方指控他敲诈勒索。
3. The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
   从公然威吓到微妙的情感胁迫，各种战术都用上了。
4. He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him
   他告诉她说他们的婚外情必须结束了，因为杰克·史密斯正在敲诈他。
5. The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence
   政府坚持说它不会接受暴力讹诈。
6. I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted.
   我认为他想敲诈我，让我说出他想知道的一切。
7. It's blackmail, pure and simple.
   这纯粹是敲诈。
8. She was a prime target for blackmail, don't you see?
   她是敲诈的主要目标。你难道看不出来吗？
9. She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her
   她先是指控他勒索，但他几乎不理睬她。
10. She demanded$ 1000 blackmail from him.
    她向他敲诈了1000美元。
11. The foreign minister declared in a statement to the press that he would never submit to blackmail.
    外长向新闻界发表的声明中宣称他绝不屈服于讹诈。
12. You could always use blackmail to get the money out of her.
    你总能用敲诈手段从她那儿得到钱。
13. Men are used to being competitive and so they fear someone could blackmail them or betray them.
    男性习惯了在竞争中生存，因而他们害怕有人会借此敲诈或背叛他们。
14. How dare you come here and attempt to blackmail me!
    你竟然敢来这里企图勒索我！
15. We can't let Macmillan practice this emotional blackmail on us.
    我们不能听任麦克米伦对我们进行这种感情上的讹诈。
16. We did not engage in blackmail nor did we have an irrational request.
    我们不是在勒索，也没有提出不合理的要求。
17. These regimes could use such weapons for blackmail, terror, and mass murder.
    这些政权可能利用这类武器进行讹诈、制造恐怖和进行大规模谋杀活动。
18. Blackmail is a species of crime which we all hate.
    恫吓勒索是我们大家憎恨的一种罪行。
19. How can I be sure that you are not going to steal my money and blackmail me?
    我怎么能相信你不会偷我的钱，敲诈我？
20. We will not give in to blackmail!
    我们不会向勒索让步！
21. We do not intimidate or blackmail.
    我们绝不会恐吓或勒索。
22. She showed me the blackmail photos.
    她把勒索照片给我看了。
23. Someone was trying to blackmail him with pictures of him and his mistress.
    有人试图用他和他情妇的照片敲诈他。
24. A secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail.
    一个因暴力和勒索而声名狼藉的那不勒斯秘密组织。
25. "We don't accept blackmail or pressure from the empire," he said, referring to the U.S.government.
    “我们不接受来自帝国的勒索和压力，”他说，指的是美国政府。
26. And this very fact underscores the reason we cannot live under the threat of blackmail.
    这事实也显出我们再也不能在讹诈的威胁中生存了。
27. What are you going to do if he tried to blackmail you?
    要是他勒索你的话，你要怎麽办？
28. I don't believe that our senator would ever stoop to bribery or blackmail.
    我不相信我们的参议员会堕落到行贿和勒索的地步。
29. The blackmail became an investment for me.
    勒索变成我的一项投资了。
30. Then they blackmail companies by threatening to conduct a DoS attack against the corporate website.
    然后，他们勒索威胁，进行针对该公司的网站拒绝服务攻击的公司。

noun

1. extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

verb

1. obtain through threats

2. exert pressure on someone through threats

   Synonym:    blackjackpressure