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counterblackmail

counterblackmail noun: blackmail with another blackmailer as the victim.

Noun

counterblackmail (uncountable)

  1. Blackmail with another blackmailer as the victim.

Verb

counterblackmail (third-person singular simple present counterblackmails, present participle counterblackmailing, simple past and past participle counterblackmailed)

  1. (transitive) To commit this form of blackmail against.

Forms of counterblackmail

third-person singular presentcounterblackmails
present participlecounterblackmailing
past participlecounterblackmailed
pastcounterblackmailed

Origin of counterblackmail

From counter- + blackmail.

Questions about counterblackmail

What does counterblackmail mean?
Counterblackmail means blackmail with another blackmailer as the victim.
What part of speech is counterblackmail?
Counterblackmail can be a noun or a verb.

Words near counterblackmail in the dictionary

  1. counterbid
  2. counterbidder
  3. counterbidders
  4. counterbidding
  5. counterbids
  6. counterblackmail
  7. counterblackmailed
  8. counterblackmailing
  9. counterblackmails
  10. counterblast
  11. counterblasts

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