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Blackmailer

One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing.

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Criminal 76% connected

Guilty of crime or sin.

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Crook 76% connected

A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

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Felon 76% connected

A person who has committed a felony.

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Malefactor 76% connected

An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.

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Outlaw 76% connected

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

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Blackjack 74% connected

exert pressure on someone through threats

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Blackjack 74% connected

exert pressure on someone through threats

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Blackmail 74% connected

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…

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Blackmail 74% connected

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…

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Extortioner 92% connected

One who practices extortion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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