blackmailing

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noun

The act of one who blackmails.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blackmail
nounblackmailing (countable and uncountable, plural blackmailings)

plural blackmailings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of one who blackmails.

    All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings.

    1934, Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life and Times (book 2, page 51)
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blackmailing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blackmailing.

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