chantage

Definitions of chantage
  1. noun
    extortion of money (as by blackmail)
    synonyms: rançon
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    type of:
    extorsion
    the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
  2. noun
    extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
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    type of:
    extorsion
    the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
  3. noun
    the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)
    synonyms: extorsion
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    types:
    protection, rançon
    payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
    rançon
    extortion of money (as by blackmail)
    type of:
    acte illégitime, crime
    a serious crime (such as murder or arson)
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