Assertion: blackmail | /r/HasProperty | archaic
Facets:
value: to certain men
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: As nouns the difference between blackmail and whitemail is that blackmail is (archaic) a certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of england and south of scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage while whitemail is (business) a tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party.
text: As nouns the difference between threatening and blackmail is that threatening is an act of threatening; a threat while blackmail is (archaic) a certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of england and south of scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers, or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.