Synonyms of blackmailed

blackmailed

verb

past tense of blackmail

as in threatened

to use blackmail against (someone)

The old man was being blackmailed by his nephew.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• threatened
• squeezed
• extorted
• drove
• coerced
• impressed
• harassed
• forced
• dragged
• pressured
• dragooned
• compelled
• intimidated
• obliged
• obligated
• constrained
• exacted
• pressed
• bullied
• terrorized
• shamed
• menaced
• sandbagged
• wrung
• wrested
• impelled
• muscled
• cowed
• racketeered
• browbeat
• arm-twisted
• made
• blackjacked
• bulldozed
• hectored
• badgered
• hounded
• high-pressured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• let
• allowed
• permitted
• convinced
• induced
• moved
• satisfied
• argued
• persuaded
• won (over)
• talked (into)
• prevailed (on or upon)