blackmail
n[U]
1 demanding money (from sb) by threatening to reveal information which could harm him 勒索; 敲詐
be found guilty of blackmail 被裁決犯有勒索罪.
2 use of threats to influence a person or group 用威脅來左右別人
`Increase productivity or lose your jobs.' `That's blackmail!' `你們要提高生產率, 不然就把你們解雇!'`這是要挾!'. blackmail, v [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (into doing sth) force sb to do sth by blackmail 要挾某人做某事
He was blackmailed by an enemy agent (into passing on state secrets). 敵特威脅他(要他交出國家機密).
The strikers refused to be blackmailed into returning to work. 罷工者拒絕了要挾復工的條件.