- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- March 29 2023
- Blackmail
Blackmail
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Blackmail' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Blackmail crossword clue was last seen on March 29 2023 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.
Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | EXTORT | Blackmail | Wall Street Journal |
20% | BLEEDS | Demands blackmail from | New York Times |
20% | EXTORT | Get via blackmail | USA Today |
20% | THREAT | Blackmail tactic | LA Times |
20% | DIRT | Blackmail ammunition | New York Times |
20% | EXTORTING | Blackmailing | Thomas Joseph |
Definition
• | To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt. |
• | To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2. |
• | To practice extortion. |
• | Extorted. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Wall Street Journal: Mar 29, 2023
- Thomas Joseph: May 11, 2022
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