Word Meanings - BLACKMAIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in silver. To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation. (more info) 1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle,

Additional info about word: BLACKMAIL

Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in silver. To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation. (more info) 1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W. Scott. 2. Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BLACKMAIL)

• Booty
• Plunder
• blackmail
• loot
• spoils
• prey
• pillage

Related words: (words related to BLACKMAIL)

• PLUNDERER
  One who plunders or pillages.
• SPOILSMAN
  One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public
• BLACKMAILING
  The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.
• BLACKMAILER
  One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing.
• SPOILSMONGER
  One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
• BOOTY
  That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton. To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order
• PILLAGER
  One who pillages. Pope.
• BLACKMAIL
  Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in silver. To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation. (more info) 1. A certain rate of money, corn, cattle,
• PLUNDERAGE
  The embezzlement of goods on shipboard. Wharton.
• PLUNDER
  Etym: 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. South. 2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy
• PILLAGE
  1. The act of pillaging; robbery. Shak. 2. That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. Which pillage they with merry march bring home. Shak. Syn. -- Plunder; rapine;
• FREEBOOTY
  Freebootery.