blackmailer

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 racketeer, extortioner, extortionistRelated Words blackhander, button man, gangster, hoodlum, mafioso, mobster; bully, ruffian, thug; cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), cozener, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, gouger, gyp, hustler, profiteer, shark, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), swindler