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1 blackmail -- rank: 1000

blackmail definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: extortion of ... information v 1: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn: blackmail, blackjack, pressure] 2: obtain through threats Merriam Webster's noun ... exposure or criminal prosecution b. the payment that is extorted • blackmail transitive verb • blackmailer noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n ... or try to extort money etc. from (a person) by blackmail. 2 threaten, coerce. Derivatives: blackmailer n. Etymology: BLACK + obs. mail ... OE mal f. ON mál agreement Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blackmail Black"mail`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackmailed; p. pr ... as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud. [ ...

2 To levy blackmail -- rank: 864

To levy blackmail definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blackmail Black"mail`, n. [Black + mail a piece of money.] 1 ... opposed to ``white rent'', which paid in silver. To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury to one ...

3 White rent -- rank: 315

... Formerly, rent payable in silver; -- opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3. (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence ... as a piano, a sewing machine, etc. Black rent. See Blackmail, 3. Forehand rent, rent which is paid in advance; foregift ...

4 Squeeze -- rank: 315

... on, bear down upon, bear hard upon, bear hug, bind, blackmail, bleed, block, block up, blockade, blockage, blocking, bolt, boodle, booty ... influence, infuse, inhibition, interference, interruption, jam, lean on, let, levy blackmail, lock, loot, melt down, mess, milk, misapply, misapprehend, miscite, misconceive ...

5 pry loose from -- rank: 315

pry loose from definitions Moby Thesaurus badger, blackmail, exact, extort, force from, levy blackmail, rend, rend from, rip, rip from, screw, shake down, snatch ...

6 Blackmailing -- rank: 315

Blackmailing definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blackmail Black"mail`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackmailed; p. pr ... as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud. [U ...

7 Blackmailed -- rank: 315

Blackmailed definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Blackmail Black"mail`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blackmailed; p. pr ... as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud. [U ...

8 Snatch -- rank: 315

... abstract, and, annex, apprehension, appropriate, arrest, arrestation, badger, bag, bit, blackmail, bob, boost, borrow, butt, capture, carry away, carry off, catch ... jog, joggle, jump at, kidnap, kidnapping, lay hold of, levy blackmail, lift, lump, make off with, modicum, moiety, morsel, nab, nabbing ...

9 Extort -- rank: 315

... Thesaurus abstract, and, annex, appropriate, ask, ask for, badger, bag, blackmail, bleed, boost, borrow, bully, call for, challenge, cheat, claim, clamor ... get, gouge, hook, impose, indent, issue an ultimatum, levy, levy blackmail, lift, make a demand, make off with, milk, nip, obtain ...

10 Screw -- rank: 315

... intimate, beat, bed of Procrustes, begrudge, beguile of, bend, bilk, blackmail, bleed, bleed white, bollix up, bolt, boot, botch, buckle, bugger ... jam, joint, keeper, kink, knot, lank, latch, lay, levy, levy blackmail, lie with, live upon nothing, lock, lopsidedness, louse up, make ...

11 Black rent -- rank: 315

... as a piano, a sewing machine, etc. Black rent. See Blackmail, 3. Forehand rent, rent which is paid in advance; foregift ... of rats (Mus rattus), commonly infesting houses. Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3. Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which ...

12 Levy -- rank: 315

... goods). d seize (goods) in this way. e extort (levy blackmail). 2 enlist or enrol (troops etc.). 3 (usu. foll. by ... ask, ask for, assess, assessment, attach, attachment, beat the drums, blackmail, boot, bugle call, burden with, call, call for, call to ...

13 Exact -- rank: 315

... ask for, assess, attentive, badger, be hurting for, be indicated, blackmail, brook no denial, burden with, call for, careful, challenge, charge ... an ultimatum, lay, lay on, leave no option, levy, levy blackmail, literal, make a demand, make dutiable, mathematical, methodical, meticulous, micrometrically ...

14 tear from -- rank: 315

... Dictionary of English Synonyms Separate, take away. Moby Thesaurus badger, blackmail, claim, demand, exact, extort, force from, levy blackmail, pry loose from, rend, rend from, rip, rip from, screw ...

15 Wring -- rank: 315

... Thesaurus afflict, agonize, ail, anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, badger, bend, bite, blackmail, bloody, buckle, burn, chafe, claim, claw, concentrate, contort, contortion, convulse ... intort, irregularity, irritate, kill by inches, knot, lacerate, lancinate, levy blackmail, lopsidedness, macerate, martyr, martyrize, meander, melt down, nip, pain, pierce ...