blackmailer
noun [ C ] uk/ˈblækˌmeɪ.lər/ us/ˈblækˌmeɪ.lɚ/
敲诈者
someone who threatens to tell a harmful secret about another person in order to try to force them to do something
Blackmailers threatened Helen with the video they secretly made. 敲诈者用偷录的视频威胁海伦。
They thought he would be easy prey for blackmailers. 他们觉得他很容易成为勒索者的猎物。
See: blackmail
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- His blackmailer demanded more cash to keep his secret.
- He turns out to be a blackmailer who is hated and feared by his fellow citizens.
- I never dreamed that the blackmailers would murder someone to frame me.