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Example sentences for: blackmail

How can you use “blackmail” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Smear and blackmail are widespread political weapons in Asia, and "a free flow of information could reduce scope for blackmail," he added.
Honest blackmail! ...
In that world, if someone argued (as Richard does above) that a "law of privacy" was needed, as well as law protecting trade secrets; that laws regulating libel and slander were necessary, as well as a law regulating blackmail; if one even raised the issue of taxation, or suggested that the government was needed to "secure the infrastructure", then one would not be a "libertarian."
A piece accuses avant-garde artists of "cultural blackmail."
It is possible to defame people over the net, and to do so far and wide: The problem of multi-jurisdiction squabbles over libel and slander does not disappear It is possible to blackmail people over the net, as well.