as in threatened
to use blackmail against (someone)
The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.
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Recent Examples of blackmailed
But this is a very watchable, surprisingly good thriller that takes place over Christmas Eve, with a TSA agent being blackmailed on the busiest day of the year to let some sort of extremely dangerous package through security.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Shoutout to the 38 Republicans who shot the bill down in the House while being threatened & blackmailed.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
They were lied to, threatened, blackmailed and plied with alcohol and drugs at their weakest moments.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
The concept, a TSA agent is blackmailed into letting a potentially dangerous package through security, does not sound terribly interesting at baseline, and this cast could have gone either way.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
They were lied to, threatened, blackmailed and plied with alcohol and drugs.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Jack makes significant headway with the rogue juror, who admits that she was blackmailed into lying about Erin because her parents are being held hostage in Mexico.
—EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Judges, for instance, may be bribed, bullied, or blackmailed into compliance, or be publicly vilified as incompetent, corrupt, or unpatriotic.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Shoutout to the 38 Republicans who shot the bill down in the House while being threatened & blackmailed.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
They were lied to, threatened, blackmailed and plied with alcohol and drugs at their weakest moments.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
The concept, a TSA agent is blackmailed into letting a potentially dangerous package through security, does not sound terribly interesting at baseline, and this cast could have gone either way.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
They were lied to, threatened, blackmailed and plied with alcohol and drugs.
—Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Jack makes significant headway with the rogue juror, who admits that she was blackmailed into lying about Erin because her parents are being held hostage in Mexico.
—EW.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Judges, for instance, may be bribed, bullied, or blackmailed into compliance, or be publicly vilified as incompetent, corrupt, or unpatriotic.
—Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackmailed
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Their lives and the lives of their families were threatened.Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
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This is precisely what Patel has threatened to do by calling for retribution against political enemies.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Mayfield drove the Bucs from their own 29-yard line to the Cowboys 11 with just under a minute left, and Tampa Bay called a timeout.Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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And my hunger drove me to take a bite of choripán here and a sándwich de miga there.Lola Méndez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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The department also said that pro-Palestinian students complained that they had been harassed by other students and members of the public.Orlando Mayorquín, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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He's also been harassed by fellow inmates.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Blackmailed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackmailed. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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