- Main Entry: black·mail
- Pronunciation: \ˈblak-ˌmā(ə)l\
- Function: noun
- Etymology: black + 1mail
- Date: 1552
1 : a tribute anciently exacted on the Scottish border by plundering chiefs in exchange for immunity from pillage
2 a : extortion or coercion by threats especially of public exposure or criminal prosecution
b : the payment that is extorted
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blackmail transitive verb
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black·mail·er noun
First of all, withholding grants not already agreed to or the transfer of additional lands does not constitute blackmail.
Second,
The relationship between D.C.N.R. and P.G.C. changes regularly and can be hard to track.
For instance, early in 2004, the Secretary of D.C.N.R., Michael DiBerardinis, directed that
D.C.N.R. grant funds not be used to help acquire game lands.
6 This step apparently arose out of
frustration on the part of the D.C.N.R. Secretary with the Game Commission’s lack of action on
D.C.N.R.’s recommendations to reduce the deer herd. Because D.C.N.R. lacks direct
jurisdictional control of the deer on its own land, this move was intended to emphasize the depth
of the agency’s concern over P.G.C.’s failure to act on its recommendations.
2004 was AFTER the HR program began