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Blackmail is when someone wants you to pay them not to release pictures of you.
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Blackmail is when you force someone to do something when they are in a position where they have to do it.
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The sorceress rolled her amethyst eyes, but said nothing, "and Kaylana, the knight by the door we call Blackmail, and the centaur goes by the handle of Robin.
Villains by Necessity Forward, Eve 1995
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CNA Says No To Health Insurance Industry "Blackmail" - 03 / 30 / 09
Workers Independent News - Providing news on issues important to workers and working families. 2009
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If CNN is going to dwell on superficial news, than at least cover the 'Blackmail' aspect of Ensign's affair.
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I watched the 'Law & Order' episode that was loosely based on the Letterman "Blackmail" case on Monday.
WISH-CRAFT: CLOSING TIME Toby O'B 2010
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If that type of dealing were happening anywhere but in Congress it would be called "Blackmail" and is illegal.
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In a business built on collaboration, he started out working with the best, and never left that sphere: from his opening stint as an uncredited assistant cameraman on Hitchcock's "Blackmail" (1929), he went on to build his career partnering with the likes of Michael Powell and David Lean, Alec Guinness and John Mills.
John Farr: Beyond "The Poseidon Adventure" : A Tribute To Ronald Neame 2010
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And here's how it appeared when Jack McCoy brought up the site in the most recent episode of 'Law & Order' "Blackmail":
LEDGER ACCOUNTS Toby O'B 2010
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On other sites, movies might be as old as "Blackmail," the 1929 Alfred Hitchcock classic.
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