blackjacked

past tense of blackjack

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackjacked
Verb
  • Follow what feels fun and freeing, not forced.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In 2021, the state implemented several new and stricter penalties for hazing after 19-year-old Timothy Piazza, a New Jersey resident, died after being forced to drink copious amounts of alcohol while attending Penn State University.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For his part, Jackman allowed that he had been intimidated by Foster's talent and sterling résumé.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • This is a showstopper apple pie, but don’t be intimidated.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • More military clashes occurred in 1503 and 1504, and these saw numerous chiefs captured, assigned to Spanish settlers, and compelled to labor in the construction of towns.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Some even felt compelled to try the handshake themselves.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Naroditsky's death at age 29 outraged his supporters in the chess world, who said he'd been bullied relentlessly by Kramnik, a former world champion who has accused many players of cheating in online play.
    Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The case centered on allegations that O’Brien had bullied colleagues and made racially insensitive remarks.
    State House News Service, Boston Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This is the real danger for the NBA—players who get coerced into trying to rig games.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The retail giant agreed to the settlement to resolve an antitrust lawsuit filed by the FTC in 2023, in which federal officials alleged that Amazon coerced millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime subscriptions and then made those agreements extremely difficult to cancel.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Homelessness While Americans are frightened by many things and events, most are not fearful of tent camps or homeless people.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Around 100 pairs were found abandoned on the roof, perhaps due to the thieves being frightened away, Sheriff John Budensiek said at the news conference.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Amazon has previously told Sourcing Journal that, at this juncture, it has not been legally obliged to serve as a joint employer for the workers the Teamsters have brought issues over.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Democratic State Senator Ben Allen, who sponsored the bill, and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara initially pushed for insurers to be obliged to pay out 100 percent of an owner’s personal property coverage limit, but the bill was amended after pushback from the industry.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After the Acting City Attorney Christopher Creech explained that the city manager and the city attorney are obligated to share their opinion about a potential violation of code, Barbadillo suggested that both the city manager and the city attorney should face a performance evaluation.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Amtrak, often regarded as an albatross around taxpayers’ necks, lost more—about $705 million—but serves more than 500 stops, including many that a private enterprise would never bother with and that a public one is obligated to serve.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Blackjacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackjacked. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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