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blackjacked

verb

past tense of blackjack
1
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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2
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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  1. forced
  2. intimidated
  3. compelled
  4. bullied
  5. coerced
  6. frightened
  7. obliged
  8. scared
Verb
  • The Wildcats had started the drive on the Colorado 44 after Michael Kilbane forced running back Micah Welch to fumble, and Fitzgerald recovered it.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Knights were forced to settle for a 24-yard field goal by Stone, his third kick of the game.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of forced
Verb
  • Perry said she might have been too intimidated to do it herself.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Many times, these patients feel intimidated not by the act of creating itself, but by making art in front of others.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of intimidated
Verb
  • But many in the party have felt compelled to embrace parts of his ideology.
    — Jack Herrera, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Those on the inside were initially compelled to make fun of it.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of compelled
Verb
  • Yes, Stark has painted, or, more accurately, anodized, powder-coated, and otherwise bullied into submission just about everything to black.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Newcastle were not only beaten, but they were also bullied and battered into submission — physically overpowered and outplayed in every facet.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of bullied
Verb
  • Williams also asked Saab whether anyone had threatened or coerced him into changing his plea.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal attorney, was the prosecution’s star witness but has since publicly stated that Bragg and New York Attorney General Letitia James coerced him into cooperating.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of coerced
Verb
  • Last Friday, the artist Pink published a lengthy criticism of Macklemore’s on-stage polemic, writing that his comments and use of violent wartime imagery had frightened many Jewish people, including her.
    — Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026
  • However, Stone told Bialik that she was not frightened by the encounter.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of frightened
Verb
  • The new owner obliged, as Soyka at the time, eyes filled with tears, discussed the turnover of Soyka in late 2018 to what became the now closed Latin American restaurant Chica.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Winters was obliged to apologize, pointing out that Standard Chartered was investing heavily in retraining teams.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of obliged
Verb
  • Russell’s previous things, HBO put money into, but the whole anti-DEI crusade has meant that a subject matter like this has made American companies scared to invest in it.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers knew part of what scared children on 9/11 were the loud sirens and the fact that trusted figures such as firefighters and police officers were hurt.
    — Julie Dobrow, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of scared
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“Blackjacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackjacked. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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