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blackmailing
noun(black-mail)
a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage
blackmailing
noun(black-mail)
extortion or coercion by threats especially of public exposure or criminal prosecution
blackmailing
noun(black-mail)
the payment that is extorted

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