Blackmailer
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The blackmailer used to send anonymous letters to his fellow citizens to threaten them."
Etymology
From blackmail + -er.