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MAITRE-CHANTEUR [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2025-08-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Offences and crimes
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- blackmailer
1, record 1, English, blackmailer
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Someone who threatens to tell a harmful secret about another person in order to try to force them to do something. 2, record 1, English, - blackmailer
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Do not pay your blackmailer or give into any demands they may make. Remember that if they release any of the incriminating information they have on you, like non-consensual intimate images, they will lose their leverage. Their goal is to gain a victim who will stay silent and continue to make payments to them. 3, record 1, English, - blackmailer
Record 1, Key term(s)
- black-mailer
- black mailer
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Infractions et crimes
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- maître-chanteur
1, record 1, French, ma%C3%AEtre%2Dchanteur
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- maître-chanteuse 2, record 1, French, ma%C3%AEtre%2Dchanteuse
correct, feminine noun
- maître chanteur 3, record 1, French, ma%C3%AEtre%20chanteur
correct, masculine noun
- maître chanteuse 4, record 1, French, ma%C3%AEtre%20chanteuse
correct, feminine noun
- maitre chanteur 5, record 1, French, maitre%20chanteur
correct, masculine noun
- maitre chanteuse 6, record 1, French, maitre%20chanteuse
correct, feminine noun
- maitre-chanteur 7, record 1, French, maitre%2Dchanteur
correct, masculine noun
- maitre-chanteuse 8, record 1, French, maitre%2Dchanteuse
correct, feminine noun
- maîtresse-chanteuse 2, record 1, French, ma%C3%AEtresse%2Dchanteuse
correct, feminine noun, rare
- maîtresse chanteuse 2, record 1, French, ma%C3%AEtresse%20chanteuse
correct, feminine noun, rare
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Personne qui menace de révéler un secret compromettant sur une autre personne afin de la contraindre à faire quelque chose. 8, record 1, French, - ma%C3%AEtre%2Dchanteur
Record 1, Key term(s)
- maitresse-chanteuse
- maitresse chanteuse
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2003-03-22
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Foreign Trade
- Finance
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- greenmailer 1, record 2, English, greenmailer
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Commerce extérieur
- Finances
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- prédateur maître-chanteur
1, record 2, French, pr%C3%A9dateur%20ma%C3%AEtre%2Dchanteur
masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Prédateur qui menace la société cible de poursuivre l'offre d'achat hostile si celle-ci ne lui rachète pas, au prix fort, les titres qu'il détient. Pour s'en débarrasser, la société convoitée accepte de les lui racheter. 1, record 2, French, - pr%C3%A9dateur%20ma%C3%AEtre%2Dchanteur
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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