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Blackmail
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, to be by them protected from pillage.
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To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away…
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The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction;…
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A flowing in or upon; influx.
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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…
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exert pressure on someone through threats
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exert pressure on someone through threats
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One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing.
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One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing.
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exert pressure on someone through threats
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The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
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