BLACKJACKED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

blackjacked

verb

past tense of blackjack

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure you cannot blackjack me into going along with this

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as in intimidated

to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats an extortionist trying to blackjack a shopkeeper into paying protection money

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While some businesses relying on summer traffic have been forced to temporarily close their doors, others refuse to let the smoke alter their plans.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Funding challenges have forced the closure of re-entry homes like the one at Charlotte’s McLeod Center and the shuttering of re-entry organizations like Redirection-NC as well as local reentry councils across the state.

— Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

Definition of forced

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Rising costs across the produce supply chain Growing everything from strawberries to collard greens is labor intensive, and for many years, worker shortages have compelled farms to hike wages.

— Elizabeth Canales, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Nolan delivers one fantastical set piece after another to test Matt Damon’s Odysseus, while keeping the audience equally compelled by the palace intrigue back at Ithaca as Anne Hathaway’s Penelope holds off a brutish gaggle of suitors.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Definition of compelled

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Bang-geul was bullied by her older half-siblings, who looked down on their younger sister because of her mom’s former status as a domestic employee.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 6 July 2026
This was a rabid, partisan home-soil advantage that flat-out bullied the squad into surviving.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Definition of bullied

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In those moments, what frightened her most was not her own safety but the knowledge that her husband was up there somewhere, flying in the same sky swarming with fighter planes dropping their bombs on Tehran.

— Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
At the time of writing, as the Marine Traffic map shows, tanker traffic is barely moving through the Strait, and many ships, unable to obtain insurance or with their owners frightened at the level of risk involved, are refusing to advance.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of frightened

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One by one, her companions Sabrina Carpenter, Fergie and Ice Spice obliged, demonstrating that even pop princesses may serve as entertainment when the queen commands.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 7 July 2026
In the Netherlands, employers are generally obliged to pay employees on sick leave 70% of their wages for up to two years.

— Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 6 July 2026

Definition of obliged

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Running into the real Santosh again amid that backdrop, Juyal asked him if the danger scared him.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
Jefferies names it as a top pick, and the margin dip that scared investors is a temporary cost of its Armis acquisition that management expects to reverse in 2027.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Definition of scared

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