BLACKMAILED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

blackmailed

verb

Definition of blackmailed next

past tense of blackmail

as in threatened

to use blackmail against (someone) The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.

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Recent Examples of blackmailed The show, which premiered on April 9 on Netflix, centers on siblings Nicky (Dan) and Morgan (Taylor Ortega), who get blackmailed into the world of organized crime. —

Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026 Dan Levy knows exactly what keeps him up at night, as the possibility of being blackmailed into committing crimes has haunted him for years. —

Kennedy French, Variety, 11 Apr. 2026 The show follows two directionless siblings, Morgan and Nicky (Levy), who are blackmailed into the world of organized crime. —

Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 When he gets blackmailed by a mystery man, Reeves' character gets help from his high school besties, played by Cameron Diaz and Matt Bomer. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 In Big Mistakes, Levy and Taylor Ortega play siblings who shoplift a necklace from a jewelry store to give to their grandmother on her deathbed, only to be blackmailed by the mobsters that run the place into a series of increasingly stupid and dangerous errands. —

K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026 Rights defenders have said that the country's top security agency, which still goes under its Soviet-era name KGB, has blackmailed members of LGBTQ+ community to force them to cooperate. —

ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026 When Martin gets blackmailed by gangsters, the pair knock off a mafia henchman and plunge themselves deep into the Australian underworld, all while trying to keep their business afloat. —

David Faris, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026 Decades before, Monroe was blackmailed by the CIA into becoming a mole in Zapata's Mexico City operation. —

Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026

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Trump’s allies on the political right, here and abroad, have profited from the story of gold as a safe haven in a world threatened by currency-printing globalists.

— Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
The Seals finished with a 52-42 edge in shots, held Toronto to 0-for-5 on the power play and were never seriously threatened after blowing the game open with a four-goal third quarter.

— Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026