Synonyms of blackmailer

blackmailer

noun

as in gangster

a person who gets money from another by using force or threats

the blackmailer threatened to tell the media about the mayor's arrest as a teenager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gangster
• thug
• extortionist
• racketeer
• extortioner
• mobster
• hoodlum
• mafioso
• swindler
• ruffian
• bully
• defrauder
• cheater
• cheat
• chiseler
• profiteer
• hustler
• dodger
• gouger
• sharper
• button man
• shark
• blackhander
• double-dealer
• sharpie
• cozener

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blackmailer

Apple’s decision to briefly remove Telegram from the App Store has been blamed on a blackmailer duping the company into executing a takedown, according to Telegram’s CEO. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

The blackmailer continues to call her, demanding money in exchange for keeping her cam-boy secrets. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026

On advice of his crisis lawyer Ira Slitz (Hill, unrecognizable with a bald head and gray beard), Reef sets out to apologize to everyone from his past who may be angry with him in an effort to find the blackmailer. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026

In Season 2, eager to take on another big undercover case, Charles Nieuwendyk (Danson) gets his chance when a mysterious blackmailer targets Wheeler College president Jack Berenger (Max Greenfield), who enlists Charles to go undercover as a professor. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026

Charles’ boss, Julie (Lilah Richcreek Estrada), takes the case, and given Charles’ background as a retired Cal State East Bay engineering professor, installs him as a visiting professor tasked with rooting out the blackmailer. — G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Nov. 2025

Although the threat of death was everywhere in this show, the list of actual deaths is relatively short and the majority had to do with the anonymous blackmailer and the secrets and lies built around Alison’s fake death. — Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025

Despite paying off blackmailers and marrying Lady Olivia Hedges (Danielle Galligan) to protect his secret, Arthur still loses his father’s Parliament seat after getting caught committing election fraud. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025

Grandchildren are being summoned to help grandparents deal with blackmailers. — Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2025