Blackmail是一種使用脅迫手段的犯罪行為。犯罪者通常手持把柄或黑材料以恐嚇受害者,若受害人不服從犯罪者要求,犯罪者便會要脅公開相關黑材料[1][2]

「Blackmail」在譯成中文時常被譯作「勒索」、「敲詐」,但「blackmail」並不一定是索要財物,也可以是要求受害者做某些事[3]

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