blackmailer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
26
Letters
11

Definition of blackmailer

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Someone who blackmails.
    “"It’s a crime crueller and infinitely worse in its results than murder. As a lawyer, I can only say that I have consistently refused to defend a blackmailer or to prosecute any poor devil who does away with his tormentor.””
    “This sex blackmailer and dryhanded public virgin was lunching secretly each week with the East Coast spokesman for organized crime, Frank Costello, in N.Y. Central Park's Tavern on the Green (according to the Time magazine obituary).”
    “Ordinary people have already been face-swapped into videos for humorous or prank purposes and there is no reason to believe that abusers, harassers, stalkers, and blackmailers will not soon be face-swapping victims into compromising video as part of their arsenal.”

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Etymology

From blackmail + -er.

Words you can make from blackmailer

200+ playable · top: BLACKMAIL (19 pts)

Best play blackmail 19 points

9-letter words

2 words

8-letter words

15 words

7-letter words

38 words

6-letter words

74 words

5-letter words

70 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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