Blackmail: alternatives and connections

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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