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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Crew members of a container vessel reported damaged near the Strait of Hormuz were forced to abandon ship, the UK Maritime Trade Operations Center said in a separate statement.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
In his view, that defiance forced the GOP to take extreme measures and go it alone.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 July 2026

Definition of forced

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The biggest hurdle, though, is simply believing the Elle Woods who learns to prove her doubters wrong at 16 would be so intimidated when faced with doing it again at 22.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026
The three-time Grand Slam doubles champion has a varied game with a killer serve, and she won’t be intimidated by Świątek.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of intimidated

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Brugge was compelled to sell as the 18-year-old's contract expires on June 30, preventing him from leaving for free next year.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
The image became so pervasive that Deschamps, the French coach, felt compelled to declare that Mbappé is actually a lovely teammate, not a despot.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 10 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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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
But because the president has frightened Congress, Congress doesn’t raise its voice when the president puts his Albert Speer–like building project, or intends to, on Congress’s land.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

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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
Michael Hoffman aka Michael Herman Hoffman did this by resigning from the Oregon State Bar in December 2024 and requesting to be essentially disbarred in Florida, which the state Supreme Court obliged on June 25.

— David J. Neal July 5, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026

Definition of obliged

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There was one American flag sign lit, with some storefront decor gleaming red, white and blue, but the heat seemingly scared most away from celebrating July 4 before Saturday's big day.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
For a family already scared and stressed, that free access made a big difference.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

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