blackmails
Threatens for money
Blackmails is the third-person singular verb form of blackmail, meaning to demand money or other benefits from someone by threatening to reveal damaging information about them.
She blackmails her former employer with evidence of tax fraud.
The term extends to any coercive leverage, not just literal demands for payment: He blackmails his sister into silence by threatening to tell their parents.
Obtaining through threats
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hush moneyPayment to ensure secrecy
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
racketeering · shake down · felony · prosecution · victim · perpetrator · charges · evidence
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- dirtLoose dry earth
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- exposureState of being unprotected
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
shame · disgrace · revelation · compromising · incriminating · damaging · photos · evidence
Obtains through coercion
- threatensExpresses intent to harm
- pressuresForces urging action
- intimidatesFrightens into submission
- coercesObtains by intimidation
leverages · manipulates · exploits · demands · forces · compels · strongarms · bullies
Induces remorse manipulatively
- manipulatesControls through cunning
- gaslightsDistorts someone's reality perception
- weaponizesAdapts for attack
- threatensExpresses intent to harm
ultimatums · toxic · abusive · controlling · narcissistic · psychological · coercive · dysfunctional
extortion
Obtaining through threats
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hush moneyPayment to ensure secrecy
- payoffCulminating benefit received
bribery · racketeering · shake down · felony · prosecution · victim · perpetrator · charges · evidence · arrest
leverage
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
reputation · shame · disgrace · revelation · compromising · incriminating · damaging · photos · evidence · affair
extorts
Obtains through coercion
- threatensExpresses intent to harm
- pressuresForces urging action
- intimidatesFrightens into submission
coerces · leverages · manipulates · exploits · demands · forces · compels · strongarms · bullies · corners
guilt-trips
Induces remorse manipulatively
- manipulatesControls through cunning
- gaslightsDistorts someone's reality perception
- weaponizesAdapts for attack
threatens · ultimatums · toxic · abusive · controlling · narcissistic · psychological · coercive · dysfunctional · relationship
- blackmail notesWritten coercion demands
- emotional blackmailCoercion via feelings
- blackmail letterThreatening message demanding payment