Blackmail
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
blackmail
[originally, payment extorted from farmers in Scotland and northern England, from black + dialectal mail payment, rent]
: extortion or coercion by often written threats esp. of public exposure, physical harm, or criminal prosecution
blackmail vt
black·mail·er [-mā-lər]
n
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