“chantage”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

chantage

释义

‖ chantage|ʃɑ̃taʒ, ˈtʃɑːntɪdʒ, ˈtʃæ-|
[a. F. chantage ‘action de faire chanter quelqu'un, c'est-à-dire de lui extorquer de l'argent en le menaçant de révéler quelque chose de scandaleux, ou de le diffamer, etc.’ (Littré).]
A mode of extorting money by threatening to make scandalous revelations or statements.
1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece xii. 367 Who extorted money from rich and quiet people by a sort of chantage.1882Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 176/2 Literary chantage.1883World 12 Sept. 8 (Social Chantage). Chantage, blackmail or by whatever name the levying of pay, in one shape or another, out of the fear of the payer, is called.1884Law Times 29 Nov. 77/2 No one proposes that the laws which protect women from insult and outrage should be relaxed because they may be abused for the purpose of chantage.

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