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blackmail

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blackmail

to use blackmail against (someone)

The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of blackmail

exact, extort, racketeer, squeeze, wrest, wring

blackjack, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, drive, force, impel, impress, make, muscle, obligate, oblige, press, pressure, sandbag

high-pressure, menace, shame, terrorize, threaten

arm-twist, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, hector, intimidate

badger, harass, hound

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of blackmail

allow, let, permit

argue, convince, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)

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