Sextort
verb, slang
verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 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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