HyperDic: blackmailer

English > 1 sense of the word blackmailer:
NOUNperson blackmailer, extortioner, extortionista criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
English > blackmailer: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them.
Synonymsextortioner, extortionist
Broadercriminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactorsomeone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Spanishchantajista, concusionario, desollador, extorsionador, extorsionista
Catalanconcussionari, extorsionador, xantatgista
Verbsblackmailobtain through threats / threats
blackmailexert pressure on someone through threats / threats

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