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What does 'Blackmail' mean?
The act of demanding payment or another benefit from someone in return for not revealing compromising or harmful information about them.
What is the origion of 'Blackmail'?
The word blackmail is derived from the word for 'mailing' paid by English and Scottish border dwellers in return for immunity from raids and other harassment. The 'mail' part of blackmail derives from Middle English male, 'rent, tribute'. Over time, it came to mean the extortion of money by threats, including threats to reveal secrets.
Emoji meanings
- represents 'black'
symbolizing the illicit or coercive nature of the act
represents 'mail'indicating the means of communication or threat delivery
represents 'money'symbolizing the demanded payment or extortion
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