blackmail

1. N-UNCOUNT 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. 敲詐

It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail. 看來這些照片正被用于敲詐勒索。

2. N-UNCOUNT 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. 要挾[表不滿]

The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail. 使用的手段從公開恐嚇到情感要挾花樣百出。

3. V-T If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them. 敲詐

He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him. 他告訴她他們倆的風(fēng)流韻事不得不到此為止，因?yàn)榻芸恕な访芩拐诮璐饲迷p他。

The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence. 政府堅(jiān)稱不會(huì)受暴力要挾。

4. blackmailerN-COUNT 敲詐者

The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth. 討厭的事情在于，敲詐者開始借以要挾的把柄往往是事實(shí)。