Synonym of the word BLACKMAIL

n. (archaic) A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England…
n. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of…
n. (English law, historical) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white…
v. (transitive) To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm,…

n. (card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without…
n. (card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
n. The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and…
n. A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings,…
n. Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
n. A blackjack oak.
v. To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.

v. (transitive) To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any…
v. (transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
v. (transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.

n. The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development…
n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the…
n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
v. (transitive) To have an affect on using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify,…
v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
n. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
n. Distress.
n. Urgency.
n. (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
n. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
v. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
v. (transitive) To set into action.
v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
v. (intransitive) To ferment.
v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
v. (transitive) To cause to work.
v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

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