I'm being blackmailed!

[Kati Svaby]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #282 "English Slang Idioms (4)", question 1

The reason that Sarah had been divulging company secrets was that she was being .......... The CEO of her competitor's firm said that if she didn't reveal the information, he would tell Sarah's husband that she was having an affair.

(a) pushed
(b) blackmailed
(c) asked
(d) smeared

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #282 "English Slang Idioms (4)", answer 1

The reason that Sarah had been divulging company secrets was that she was being blackmailed. The CEO of her competitor's firm said that if she didn't reveal the information, he would tell Sarah's husband that she was having an affair.

Correct answer: (b) blackmailed

Your answer was: correct
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Sarah Had been divulging company secrets because she was blackmailed.
to blackmail= to get money from people by forcing them to do something wrong with them with them or threatening to tell a secret of theirs.
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Kati Svaby]

Test was done for the third time: on 25th November 2010.
Kati Svaby
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We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

[Puppet]

Hi,

Blackmail like ''extort'' with threating.