D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Blackmailing

· Black·mail·ing · IPA /blˈækmˌeɪlɪŋ/
01 n. The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.
  1. 1.
    The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.