blackmail
n[U]
1 demanding money (from sb) by threatening to reveal information which could harm him 勒索; 敲诈
be found guilty of blackmail 被裁决犯有勒索罪.
2 use of threats to influence a person or group 用威胁来左右别人
`Increase productivity or lose your jobs.´ `That´s blackmail!´ `你们要提高生产率, 不然就把你们解雇!'`这是要挟!'. blackmail, v [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (into doing sth) force sb to do sth by blackmail 要挟某人做某事
He was blackmailed by an enemy agent (into passing on state secrets). 敌特威胁他(要他交出国家机密).
The strikers refused to be blackmailed into returning to work. 罢工者拒绝了要挟复工的条件.