blackmail
英 ['blækmeɪl]
美 ['blækmel]
- n. 恐喝する、恐喝する; 恐喝によって得たお金
- vt.恐喝、恐喝
語源
恐喝。メール、家賃、貢ぎ物。16世紀、スコットランドで一部の盗賊が地元の農民に保護費のような家賃を課したことから。
英語の語源
- blackmail
- blackmail: see mail
- blackmail (n.)
- 1550s, from black (adj.) + Middle English male "rent, tribute," from Old English mal "lawsuit, terms, bargaining, agreement," from Old Norse mal "speech, agreement;" related to Old English m?eel "meeting, council," m?l "speech," Gothic matl "meeting place," from Proto-Germanic *mathla-, from PIE *mod- "to meet, assemble" (see meet (v.)). From the practice of freebooting clan chieftains who ran protection rackets against Scottish farmers. Black from the evil of the practice. Expanded c. 1826 to any type of extortion money. Compare silver mail "rent paid in money" (1590s); buttock-mail (Scottish, 1530s) "fine imposed for fornication."
- blackmail (v.)
- 1852, from blackmail (n.). Related: Blackmailed; blackmailing.
例文
- 1. She was a prime target for blackmail ，don 't you see？
- 彼女は詐欺の主な目標だ。見えないのか？
- 2.The tactics employed can range from overt bullying to subtle emotional blackmail .
- 公然とした威嚇から微妙な感情的な脅迫まで、さまざまな戦術が使われている。
- 3.That was a terrible case of blackmail in the paper today.
- 今日の新聞に掲載された脅迫事件は恐ろしい。
- 4.It looks like the pictures were being used for blackmail .
- これらの写真は詐欺や恐喝に使われているようです。
- 5.It 's blackmail ，pure and simple.
- これは純粋にゆすりです。