Definition of Blackmeil
Black"mail` (&?;), n. [Black +
mail a piece of money.] 1. A certain rate of
money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of
England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers,
or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage. Sir W.
Scott.
2. Payment of money exacted by means of
intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public
accusation, exposure, or censure.
3. (Eng. Law) Black rent, or rent paid in
corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in
silver.
To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as
of injury to one's reputation.
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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (archaic): A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.
- Payment of money exacted by means of intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure.
- (English Law): Black rent, or rent paid in corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to white rent", which paid in silver. To levy blackmail, to extort money by threats, as of injury to one's reputation.
- (transitive): 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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