blackmailed

Meaning

of Blackmail

Examples

If this is an attempt by voters to blackmail the government, to compromise on important issues or principles, then we must show them we cannot be blackmailed. No government should succumb to blackmail. Sinnathamby Rajaratnam

Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor whos been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous. Jennifer Grey

Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran; we will not accept being anyone's colony. Hugo Chávez

Even someone as lowly as an assistant U.S. attorney has to undergo a background check, and you're asked a series of very invasive questions, and you're expected to tell the truth and they're under penalty of perjury. And you're asked those questions so you can't be blackmailed or extorted. Trey Gowdy

Dillinger survives the theater stakeout when the FBI mistakenly guns down his brother and is then blackmailed by Capone into retrieving $15 million from his secret vault. Source: Internet

Girlfriend blackmailed Matthew McConaughey into losing his virginity Matthew McConaughey says he was "blackmailed" into losing his virginity at 15 and molested at the age of 18. Source: Internet