Blackmailer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who blackmails.

    ""It’s a crime crueller and infinitely worse in its results than murder. As a lawyer, I can only say that I have consistently refused to defend a blackmailer or to prosecute any poor devil who does away with his tormentor.”"

  2. 2
    a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them wordnet

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Example

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"The blackmailer used to send anonymous letters to his fellow citizens to threaten them."

Etymology

From blackmail + -er.

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