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    blackmail

    US /ˈblækˌmel/

    ・

    UK /ˈblækmeɪl/

    B1
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo threaten to tell a secret unless you are paid
    She knows many secrets and can blackmail her manager

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    • The White House confirms the US government actually warned Russia that ISIS militants were planning to target them, but Mr. Putin shrugged it off, even calling it blackmail.

      The White House confirms the US government actually warned Russia that ISIS militants were planning to target them, but Mr. Putin shrugged it off, even calling it blackmail.

    • Putin shrugged it off, even calling it blackmail.

      Putin shrugged it off, even calling it blackmail.

    B2

    Darwin's Roots | Gumball | Cartoon Network UK

    04:43Darwin's Roots | Gumball | Cartoon Network UK
    • You were trying to emotionally blackmail me into buying you something?

      You were trying to emotionally blackmail me into buying you something?

    • You were trying to emotionally blackmail me into buying you something?

      You were trying to emotionally blackmail me into buying you something?

    B1

    Amid Tensions with Pakistan, India Begins Air Exercise | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G

    07:45Amid Tensions with Pakistan, India Begins Air Exercise | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G
    • It was the first air strike on Pakistani soil since 1971, a bold move that shattered Pakistan's nuclear blackmail.

      It was the first air strike on Pakistani soil since 1971, a bold move that shattered Pakistan's nuclear blackmail.

    • A bold move that shattered Pakistan's nuclear blackmail.

      A bold move that shattered Pakistan's nuclear blackmail.

    B1

    'Jeffrey Epstein Was Israeli Spy': Tucker Carlson Stuns US Amid 'No Client List' Row| Trump| Bondi

    39:38'Jeffrey Epstein Was Israeli Spy': Tucker Carlson Stuns US Amid 'No Client List' Row| Trump| Bondi
    • That's not creepy It shouldn't be forbidden and yet all of us have trained ourselves to believe that you can't say that somehow but that's like too naughty and forbidden and the effect of Making that off-limits has been to create a lot of resentment and I'll say it hate online Where people feel like they can't just say like what the hell is this you have the former Israeli prime minister living in your house You have all this contact with the foreign government were you working on behalf of Mossad were you running a Blackmail operation on behalf of foreign government by the way every single person in Washington DC thinks that I've never met anyone Who doesn't think that I don't know any of them that hate Israel, but no one feels they can say that why?

      That's not creepy It shouldn't be forbidden and yet all of us have trained ourselves to believe that you can't say that somehow but that's like too naughty and forbidden and the effect of Making that off-limits has been to create a lot of resentment and I'll say it hate online Where people feel like they can't just say like what the hell is this you have the former Israeli prime minister living in your house You have all this contact with the foreign government were you working on behalf of Mossad were you running a Blackmail operation on behalf of foreign government by the way every single person in Washington DC thinks that I've never met anyone Who doesn't think that I don't know any of them that hate Israel, but no one feels they can say that why?

    • And I think the longer that we play along with it the more Subterranean and creepy and hateful the conversation actually becomes so I think it's better just to say it right out loud Did this happen and of course that question has been asked to the government of Israel and their answer is we're not going to tell you And I think our answer should be no no As long as we're sending you money if you were committing crimes on our soil We have an absolute right to know did you do this or not and yet everybody has been so brainwashed Into thinking that's somehow an expression of hate or bigotry When it's not it's a baseline question that every US citizen has a right to an answer on What the hell was this and by the way if it turns out that it was nothing at all That somehow Jeffrey Epstein really did earn a hundred and sixty five million dollars giving tax advice to somebody which is for the record a lot more than most people pay their accountants and That none of this was actually a foreign intel operation and that there was no Blackmail involved that actually Bill Gates was just hanging on the island because the weather was especially good No one was videotaped doing anything immoral or illegal, and then that was used against them to get them to obey If all of that is false, then just tell me how it's false But don't call me a lunatic and when Fox News runs a piece as they did yesterday But Hugh Hewitt saying that anybody who's got even more questions about Epstein Is some kind of nutcase with an unhappy personal life is spending too much time on Twitter in the fervid fever swamps of conspiracies You know up yours buddy The one you answer the question then Don't let anybody insult you anybody and I mean anybody ever Get away with insulting you instead of answering a legitimate question Okay ever And by the way You will hear certain people say well, you know that means you hate the per no it doesn't I've got a bunch of kids I would never let them get away with that If I caught one of my kids, you know smoking weed in the bathroom at my house I was like you smoking weed in the bathroom.

      And I think the longer that we play along with it the more Subterranean and creepy and hateful the conversation actually becomes so I think it's better just to say it right out loud Did this happen and of course that question has been asked to the government of Israel and their answer is we're not going to tell you And I think our answer should be no no As long as we're sending you money if you were committing crimes on our soil We have an absolute right to know did you do this or not and yet everybody has been so brainwashed Into thinking that's somehow an expression of hate or bigotry When it's not it's a baseline question that every US citizen has a right to an answer on What the hell was this and by the way if it turns out that it was nothing at all That somehow Jeffrey Epstein really did earn a hundred and sixty five million dollars giving tax advice to somebody which is for the record a lot more than most people pay their accountants and That none of this was actually a foreign intel operation and that there was no Blackmail involved that actually Bill Gates was just hanging on the island because the weather was especially good No one was videotaped doing anything immoral or illegal, and then that was used against them to get them to obey If all of that is false, then just tell me how it's false But don't call me a lunatic and when Fox News runs a piece as they did yesterday But Hugh Hewitt saying that anybody who's got even more questions about Epstein Is some kind of nutcase with an unhappy personal life is spending too much time on Twitter in the fervid fever swamps of conspiracies You know up yours buddy The one you answer the question then Don't let anybody insult you anybody and I mean anybody ever Get away with insulting you instead of answering a legitimate question Okay ever And by the way You will hear certain people say well, you know that means you hate the per no it doesn't I've got a bunch of kids I would never let them get away with that If I caught one of my kids, you know smoking weed in the bathroom at my house I was like you smoking weed in the bathroom.

    B1

    私立探偵だけど質問ある? | Tech Support | WIRED Japan

    16:02私立探偵だけど質問ある? | Tech Support | WIRED Japan
    • And whilst morally that's wrong, blackmail is a criminal offence too.

      And whilst morally that's wrong, blackmail is a criminal offence too.

    • And whilst morally that's wrong, blackmail is a criminal offense too.

      And whilst morally that's wrong, blackmail is a criminal offense too.

    B1

    Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Full Audiobook

    28:58Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson  | Full Audiobook
    • Blackmail, I suppose; an honest man paying through  the nose for some of the capers of his youth.  

      Blackmail, I suppose; an honest man paying through  the nose for some of the capers of his youth.  

    • Blackmail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth.

      Blackmail, I suppose; an honest man paying through the nose for some of the capers of his youth.

    B1

    English Vocabulary: Crime & Criminals

    09:19English Vocabulary: Crime & Criminals
    • "blackmail". Okay? To blackmail someone, to threaten to reveal secrets.

      "blackmail". Okay? To blackmail someone, to threaten to reveal secrets.

    • blackmail, okay?

      blackmail, okay?

    A2

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    • Bing, bang, boom. You've got your asses covered and I've got blackmail material for life.

      Bing, bang, boom. You've got your asses covered and I've got blackmail material for life.

    • You got your asses covered, and I've got blackmail material for life.

      You got your asses covered, and I've got blackmail material for life.

    B1

    EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss Russian assets | BBC News

    12:08EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss Russian assets | BBC News
    • it's going to be a very, very late night and there'll be lots of shenanigans and blackmail and arm twisting to get this over the line at some stage tonight, tomorrow morning.

      it's going to be a very, very late night and there'll be lots of shenanigans and blackmail and arm twisting to get this over the line at some stage tonight, tomorrow morning.

    • and there'll be lots of shenanigans and blackmail and arm twisting to get this over the line at some stage tonight or tomorrow morning.

      and there'll be lots of shenanigans and blackmail and arm twisting to get this over the line at some stage tonight or tomorrow morning.

    A2

    10 Shocking Revelations from Sean Combs: The Reckoning

    14:0910 Shocking Revelations from Sean Combs: The Reckoning
    • and supposed blackmail videos.

      and supposed blackmail videos.

    • Speaking of the jury, the docuseries also looked at how some members grappled with Cassie Ventura's testimony in which she detailed years of alleged coercion, substance fueled freak offs and supposed blackmail videos.

      Speaking of the jury, the docuseries also looked at how some members grappled with Cassie Ventura's testimony in which she detailed years of alleged coercion, substance fueled freak offs and supposed blackmail videos.

    B2