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Answer: blackmail
Answer	Crossword Clue
BLACKMAIL	Coerce illegally
BLACKMAIL	Motive for murder, perhaps
BLACKMAIL	Alfred Hitchcock's first talkie

BLACKMAIL	Coerce into compliance by threats.
BLACKMAIL	Basis of a case for Perry Mason.
BLACKMAIL	Case for Perry Mason.
BLACKMAIL	Basis of many a mystery.
BLACKMAIL	Extort
BLACKMAIL	Supreme letters (1937-71)
BLACKMAIL	Film murder motive, perhaps
BLACKMAIL	Film murder motive, sometimes

blackmail	The use of threats or the manipulation of someone's feelings to force them to do something
blackmail	Money demanded in this way
blackmail	The action, treated as a criminal offense, of demanding money from a person in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information about that person
blackmail	to extort money from a person by threats

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Answer: blackmail