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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In central Spain, 60,000 were forced from their homes, according to the Spanish interior ministry.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Paramount could be forced to sell off the WB television production business, but that isn’t worth nearly as much without the studio and the connected library of titles and IP.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of forced

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The prospect of lining up next to one of his few contemporary peers compelled the now-35-year-old Donald to begin an extensive workout program aimed at returning him to football shape.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
That’s true insofar as many other events Bank of America Stadium has compelled as of late — including the MLS All-Star Game, which will take place at the uptown venue next week.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026

Definition of compelled

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In the series, Elle transfers from Truham Grammar School for Boys, where she was bullied, to Harvey Greene Grammar School for Girls following her transition.

— Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Two weeks after being bullied off X by gangs of LIB truthers, German soccer fan Freddy, whose wholesome social media posts on American culture during his travels around the country early in the World Cup, has returned to the app.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026

Definition of bullied

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Some innocents are coerced into false confessions, like what happened to the Central Park Five.

— Rene Denfeld, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of coerced

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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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England brought on Bellingham and Elliot Anderson to try to pad the lead, and the 23-year-old Bellingham almost obliged in the 80th minute, but the shot was saved by Maignan.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Salvadoran referee Iván Barton immediately pointed to the spot and Oyarzabal stepped up and obliged, beating French keeper Mike Maignan into the side netting at the right post for his fifth goal of the tournament.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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