Blackmail

Definition

blackmail /'blækmeÇl/ n [U] ၁။ ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္ေငြညႇစ္သည့္ လုပ္ရပ္။ be found guilty of blackmail. ၂။ ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္ အက်ပ္ကိုင္ ျခင္း။ ‘Increase productivity or lose your jobs. ’ ‘That's blackmail!’ ❍ moral/emotional blackmail. v ~ sb (into doing sth) ၿခိမ္းေျခာက္ အက်ပ္ကိုင္သည္။ He was blackmailed by an enemy agent (into passing on state secrets). ❍ The strikers refused to be blackmailed into returning to work. ❏ blackmailer n ယင္းအမႈက်ဴးလြန္သူ။

Examples

1. Someone was trying to blackmail him with pictures of him and his mistress.
2. [blackmail someone into doing something] : Susannah claims she was blackmailed into helping the men with the robbery.
3. The Prime Minister has said his government will not be blackmailed by the rebels.