0 someone who threatens to tell a harmful secret about another person in order to try to force them to do something: --
They thought he would be easy prey for blackmailers.
Blackmailers threatened Helen with the video they secretly made.
I never dreamed that the blackmailers would murder someone to frame me.
He turns out to be a blackmailer who is hated and feared by his fellow citizens.
His blackmailer demanded more cash to keep his secret.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
blackmailer