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blackmail (to obtain money illegally from (a person), usually by threatening to make known something which the victim wants to keep secret); bulldoze; make somebody squeal; intimidate; racketeer; make squeal (кого-либо); put through the wringer (кого-либо); buck; call one's bluff | |||
call someone's bluff | |||
strike | |||
buffalo; lean against; lean on; put the shake on (someone); put someone on the shake; shake | |||
put the nips in | |||
squeeze | |||
put the bite on (someone • The thought that he should turn the tables on his blackmailers and refuse to cooperate crossed his mind, but he would need something tangible to put the bite on them.) | |||
hold something over (someone – кого-либо); operate a racket; put the black on (someone – кого-либо); run a racket; put through the wringer (жестоким обращением) | |||
shake down |
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