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Blackmail

Blackmail is another name for Extortion. Blackmail is giving a victim the option of either giving into your demands (usually money) or suffering the release of information (usually embarrassing, damaging, or injurious) about the victim or victim's family. For example, if Frank demands money from Julie in exchange for not posting her nude pictures on the internet, it would be blackmail. See also, Extortion.