blackmail
black.mail \'blak-.ma-l\ n [black + 1mail] 1: a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by freebooting chiefs for immunity from pillage 2a: extortion by threats esp. of public exposure 2b: the payment extorted - blackmail vt
Webster's English Dictionaryblack.mail \'blak-.ma-l\ n [black + 1mail] 1: a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by freebooting chiefs for immunity from pillage 2a: extortion by threats esp. of public exposure 2b: the payment extorted - blackmail vt