Definizione monolingua

blackmail

blackmail (third-person singular simple present blackmails, present participle blackmailing, simple past and past participle blackmailed)

1. (transitive) To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud.

blackmail (uncountable)

1. (archaic) A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.
2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
3. (English law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to white rent, which paid in silver.

   to levy blackmail

   to extort money by threats, as of injury to ones reputation

Definizione dizionario blackmail

	ricatto
	payment of money exacted by means of intimidation

	ricattare
	to extort money
	Ottenere denaro, favori e sim. da qualcuno attraverso la minaccia di rivelazioni compromettenti o di atti ostili e vendicativi.

estorcere

estorsione

Altri significati:

Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.

(archaic) A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.

(English law) Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to white rent, which paid in silver.

(transitive) 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.