blackmail
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
Types & categories
- extortion hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
exert pressure on someone through threats
Types & categories
- influence hypernym
Related & opposite
- blackmail derivation
- pressure derivation
- blackmailer derivation
- press derivation
Sense 3 verb
obtain through threats
Types & categories
- extort hypernym
Related & opposite
- blackmail derivation
- blackmailer derivation
- crime domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackmail |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackjack |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | extortion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackmail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pressure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackmailer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | press |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackmail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blackmailer |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | crime |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | extort |