1. a person who demands money or other benefits from someone by threatening to reveal embarrassing or harmful information about them

Examples

• The blackmailer demanded $50,000 in exchange for not releasing the photos.
• Police arrested the blackmailer after he contacted his victim again.
• She refused to give in to the blackmailer’s threats.
• The businessman was being stalked by a persistent blackmailer.
• The blackmailer used anonymous letters to make his demands.
• Victims of blackmailers often feel too ashamed to report the crime.