Definitions

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  • noun a form of sexual extortion, the extortion of a person through the use of the history of their sexual conduct (such as saved sexting messages)

Etymologies

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Blend of sex and extortion

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Examples

  • Here's a few things to perhaps keep in mind amidst all this 'sextortion'.

    Glynnis MacNicol: The Misleading Coverage Of David Letterman's Extortion Case 2009

  • A California computer consultant has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he engaged in an insidious "sextortion" scheme in which he hacked into scores of computers and used the personal information he found to extort sexually explicit videos from female victims, many of whom were juveniles.

    The Register 2010

  • Feds, experts: Racy photos on cell phones, computers leads to rise in teen 'sextortion'

    Columnist: Keith Groller 2010

  • Feds, experts: Racy photos on cell phones, computers leads to rise in teen 'sextortion'

    Columnist: Keith Groller 2010

  • Parents: protect your teen from pornographers, 'sextortion'

    WN.com - Articles related to Driving with a pet as dangerous as texting on the go 2010

  • A California computer consultant has pleaded not guilty to federal charges he engaged in an insidious "sextortion" scheme in which he hacked into scores of computers and used the personal information he found to extort sexually explicit videos from female victims, many of whom were juveniles.

    The Register 2010

  • The flood of attention on the "sextortion" revelations -- as they have come to be called -- is unlikely to die down soon, Letterman acknowledged Monday night.

    CNN.com 2009

  • "sextortion" revelations, fans at the taping said.

    CNN.com 2009

  • And the extortionists are often willing to make good on their threats, said Steve DeBrota, an assistant U.S. attorney in Indianapolis who has been involved in sextortion investigations.

    Online 'Sextortion' Of Teens On The Rise: Feds 2010

  • One federal affidavit includes a special term for the crime: "sextortion."

    Online 'Sextortion' Of Teens On The Rise: Feds 2010

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  • “Or, as in a 2009 Wisconsin case of “sextortion,” a boy, pretending to be a girl online, who solicited explicit pictures of boys, which he then used as blackmail to compel those boys to have sex with him.”

    The New York Times, A Girl’s Nude Photo, and Altered Lives, by Jan Hoffman, March 26, 2011

    March 27, 2011