[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]勒索；敲诈；讹诈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.
It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail...
这些照片好像被用于敲诈勒索。
Opponents accused him of blackmail and extortion.
对方指控他敲诈勒索。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（情感或道德上的）迫使，胁迫 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.
[disapproval]
The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail.
从公然威吓到微妙的情感胁迫，各种战术都用上了。
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[VERB 动词]勒索；敲诈；讹诈 If one person blackmails another person, they use blackmail against them.
[V n]
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He told her their affair would have to stop, because Jack Smith was blackmailing him...
他告诉她说他们的婚外情必须结束了，因为杰克·史密斯正在敲诈他。
The government insisted that it would not be blackmailed by violence...
政府坚持说它不会接受暴力讹诈。
I thought he was trying to blackmail me into saying whatever he wanted.
我认为他想敲诈我，让我说出他想知道的一切。
blackmailer
The nasty thing about a blackmailer is that his starting point is usually the truth.
勒索者的可恶之处在于他一开始往往是从事实入手的。
Oxford
black·mail/ˈblækmeɪl; NAmEˈblækmeɪl/
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blackmailblackmailsblackmailedblackmailingnoun[uncountable ]1the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell sb else a secret about them 勒索；敲诈2the act of putting pressure on a person or a group to do sth they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty 胁迫；威胁；恐吓◆emotional/moral blackmail情感上╱道德上胁迫verbto force sb to give you money or do sth for you by threatening them, for example by saying you will tell people a secret about them 勒索；敲诈；要挟；胁迫blackmailsb ◆She blackmailed him for years by threatening to tell the newspapers about their affair.她以向报界公开他们的恋情要挟了他很多年。blackmailsb into doing sth ◆The President said he wouldn't be blackmailed into agreeing to the terrorists' demands.总统说他不会因受恐怖分子的威胁而答应他们的要求。black·mail/ˈblækmeɪl; NAmEˈblækmeɪl/
1when someone tries to get money from you or make you do what they want by threatening to tell other people your secrets2when someone tries to make you do what they want by making threats or by making you feel guilty if you do not do it: She had already tried emotional blackmail (=tried to make him feel guilty) to stop him leaving.
blackmail1 noun
blackmail2 verb
blackmailblackmail2 ●○○ verb [transitive]
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—blackmailer noun [countable]
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