Blackmail
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Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false, and often damaging, information about a person, to the public, family members, or associates unless certain demands are met. It may involve using threats of physical, mental or emotional harm, or of criminal prosecution, against the victim or someone close to the victim.
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See also
- Abusive power and control
- Blind item
- Emotional blackmail
- Espionage
- Extortion
- FBI Files on Elvis Presley
- Graymail
- Greenmail
- Kompromat
- Loan shark
- Psychoville
- Nuclear blackmail
- Pizzo (extortion)
- Webcam blackmail
- Whitemail
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