Blackmail



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. v.敲诈, 勒索
• ［英］ n. v.敲诈, 勒索 ( payment extorted by threatening)
• ［记］ black ( 黑) +mail ( 寄黑信) -> 敲诈

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: black + ［sup］1［/sup］mail
• Date: 1552
• 1. a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage
• 2.
  • a. extortion or coercion by threats especially of public exposure or criminal prosecution
  • b. the payment that is extorted
• ? blackmail transitive verb
• ? blackmailer noun

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