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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackmailed}; p. pr & vb n. {Blackmailing}.] To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud. [U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blackmailing \Black"mail`ing\, n. The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.
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