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BLACKMAILER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them

Synonyms:

blackmailer; extortioner; extortionist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("blackmailer" is a kind of...):

criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)

Derivation:

blackmail (obtain through threats)

blackmail (exert pressure on someone through threats)

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