BLACKMAILS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

blackmails

verb

Definition of blackmails next

present tense third-person singular of blackmail

as in threatens

to use blackmail against (someone) The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.

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Recent Examples of blackmails But is Duncan the devil who manipulates, lies and emotionally blackmails anyone in his orbit? —

Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026 Something Duncan says in a session with JoAnne leads her to unload some stock, like Martha Stewart in 2004, and Duncan, working this out, blackmails her into passing on inside information from her clients to him. —

Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 The episode builds to a scene when Duncan, having sniffed out JoAnne’s scheme, blackmails her into an even larger scheme to pump rival executives for business scoops. —

Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026 Eager to have his cake and eat it too, Benedict blackmails Sophie into taking a job with his mother. —

Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 Jan. 2026 Shay blackmails him, triggering a father-son feud. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025

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But even summarizing the first absolute banger of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival this way threatens to boil the film down to its themes and its craft, the way Kris does with the original Camp Miasma, at the cost of delving into the experience of watching it.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
Alex Wong / Getty Images In a nod to the historic nature of the summit, ahead of the bilateral talks, Xi invoked the Thucydides Trap — a theory that describes the tendency toward conflict when an emerging power threatens an existing power.

— Katherine Doyle, NBC news, 14 May 2026