chantage

The fact is that my old schoolfellow, Lambert, might well, and indeed with certainty, be said to belong to one of those disreputable gangs of petty scoundrels who form associations for the sake of what is now called chantage, an offence nowadays defined and punished by our legal code.

A Raw Youth 2003

That was a bit of 'chantage' that you did with Dauriat; he gave you a thousand crowns to let Nathan alone.

Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824

That was a bit of 'chantage' that you did with Dauriat; he gave you a thousand crowns to let Nathan alone.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824

I did my 'chantage' for Finot's benefit, and Finot put Braulard on the wrong scent; Braulard told the man of drugs that _you_ were demolishing

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824

I did my 'chantage' for Finot's benefit, and Finot put Braulard on the wrong scent; Braulard told the man of drugs that _you_ were demolishing

Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824

I have resolved to turn steady and give up play, and I have done a little 'chantage' to pay my debts. "

Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824

I have resolved to turn steady and give up play, and I have done a little 'chantage' to pay my debts. "

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824

That was a bit of ‘chantage’ that you did with Dauriat; he gave you a thousand crowns to let Nathan alone.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 2007

Ainsi donc le vaillant Pinku, car tel était notre principal sujet, commenca a solliciter c chers et tendres neurones en les priant et surtout en faisant preuve d'un chantage subtil fait de barre de chocolat à l'orange et de verre de lait, de ne pas s'endormir et de lui rappeler où pouvait bien s'être egarée Imagination Débilienne.

pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

There are in London and every large city scores of men and women who live by blackmailing or chantage.

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