Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "blackmail" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

blackmailable blackmailee blackmailer blackmaily cyberblackmail emotional blackmail postattack blackmail unblackmailed

Etymologically Related To

black mail

Context

crime english historical law

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act upon extort extortion influence work

Type Of (IsA)

crime in united states extorting extortion influencing agent

Manner Of

extort influence

Related Terms

extortion graymail greenmail hush money protection racket whitemail

Related Terms

black rent dirt extort extortion graymail material money pillage protection money protection racket robber threat white rent

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.