Noun:

भेद खोलने की घमकी, भेद छिपाने की घूस, भयादोहन,

Verb:

भयादोहन करना,

blackmail's Usage Examples:

Towards the close of the 17th century the province began to be overrun by the Mahrattas, and in 1718 the Delhi government formally recognized their right to levy blackmail (chauth) on the unhappy population.

In those days victims of robberies constantly compounded with felonies and paid blackmail to thieves, promising not to prosecute on the restitution of a portion of the stolen property.

In 17 4 2 the peshwa advanced to Mandla and exacted the payment of chauth (tributary blackmail), and from this time until 1781, when the successors of Sangram Sah were finally overthrown, Garha-Mandla remained practically a Mahratta dependency.

The payment of blackmail, disguised as presents er ransoms, did not always secure safety with these faithless barbarians.

She was scared to death I'd blackmail her with the picture I took of her sweater in Dickinson Faust's Jeep.

26), which were glad to have on their frontiers a protector so valiant as David, even at the expense of the blackmail which he levied in return.

The mountain tribes on the road (the Oxii, Pers, Huzha), accustomed to exact blackmail even from the king's train, learnt by a bitter lesson that a stronger hand had come to wield the empire.

Fortunately a peculiarly shameless attempt to blackmail Stephen Bocskay, a rich and powerful Transylvanian nobleman, converted a long Bocskay (q.v.), a quiet but resolute man, having once made up his mind to rebel, never paused till he had established satisfactory relations between the Austrian court and the Hungarians.

Then he added, "You didn't try to blackmail him into quitting the election, did you?"

"You can use the vial to blackmail your way back," Jade added.

Synonyms:

extort,

Antonyms:

powerlessness, dissuade,