Sextort

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To coerce through the threat of revealing someone's sexual history. informal, transitive

    "Several of my clients were sextorted by former partners who threatened to distribute their target's naked images or videos unless the women returned to the relationships or acquiesced to the offenders' demands for sex."

Example

More examples

"Several of my clients were sextorted by former partners who threatened to distribute their target's naked images or videos unless the women returned to the relationships or acquiesced to the offenders' demands for sex."

Etymology

Blend of sex + extort.

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