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Subject: Answer Fast: Blackmail vs. Extortion?
Category: Relationships and Society > Law
Asked by: thejenn-ga
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Posted: 18 Apr 2005 17:31 PDT
Expires: 18 Apr 2005 20:55 PDT
Question ID: 511100

What is the difference between blackmail and extortion? It seems
blackmail is a subset of extortion, so what makes extortion
"blackmail"?

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Subject: Re: Answer Fast: Blackmail vs. Extortion?
From: reinedd-ga on 18 Apr 2005 18:39 PDT

black·mail    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (blkml)
n. 
Extortion of money or something else of value from a person by the
threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information


I think the "by the threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable
information." is the specific type of extortion that make it blackmail

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