LEARNit Dictionary
blackmail
noun
/ˈblækmeɪl/
UK
/ˈblækmeɪl/
US
1
the crime of demanding money from a person by threatening to tell somebody else a secret about them
باجگیری, اخاذی با تهدید, باجخواهی
2
the act of putting pressure on a person or a group to do something they do not want to do, for example by making threats or by making them feel guilty
اخاذی, باجخواهی, حقالسکوت
emotional/moral blackmail
We can’t let them practise this emotional blackmail on us.
verb
/ˈblækmeɪl/
UK
/ˈblækmeɪl/
US
1
to force somebody to give you money or do something for you by threatening them, for example by saying you will tell people a secret about them
اخاذی کردن, تهدید کردن برای اخاذی, باجگیری, اخاذی