Blackmail \Black"mail`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackmailed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Blackmailing}.]
To extort money from by exciting fears of injury other than
bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.;
as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an
alleged fraud. [U. S.]


Blackmailing \Black"mail`ing\, n.
The act or practice of extorting money by exciting fears of
injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation.