Definitions of blackmail on the Web:
* exert pressure on someone through threats
* extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information
* obtain through threats
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
* Blackmail is act of threatening to reveal information about a person unless the threatened party fulfills certain demands. This information is usually of an embarrassing or socially damaging nature.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail
* blackmail is a German indie rock band from Koblenz, Germany which was started briefly in 1993 by singer Aydo Abay, brothers Kurt Ebelhäuser (lead guitars) and Carlos Ebelhäuser (bass) and drummer Mario Matthias. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail (band)
* blackmail is the debut album by the artist of the same name. The album consisted of tracks that the band was able to record in a high-tech recording studio that was readily lended to them by a German producer legend named Stuart Bruce who was impressed with their demo-recordings. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail (album)
* Blackmail is a 1939 crime drama film starring Edward G. Robinson. The black-and-white film was directed by H.C. Potter.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail (1939 film)
* Blackmail (1929) was directed by Alfred Hitch**** and stars Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Cyril Ritchard, and based on the play Blackmail by Charles Bennett. It is considered to be the first all-talkie British film.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail (1929 film)
* The Blackmail show is a Monty Python sketch that first aired on episode 18, Live from the Grill-o-mat, of Monty Python's Flying Circus. It has also appeared in the film And Now For Something Completely Different.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail (Monty Python)
* BLACKMAIL found each other at the end of 1993 at a time when it still made sense for musicians to advertise for members in the scene’s magazines. In 1997 their self-titled debut album was released on a local label and by February 1999 the band had released the follw-up”Science Fiction”. ...
www.cityslang.com/artists/
* When enemies hold your secrets against you in order to get what they want. This is commonly used in mystery stories.
www.shenet.org/middle/acadia/sdinallo/SD - Mystery Terms.htm
Negotiating never "becomes" blackmail.
If you would care to tell us what you are talking about and whether it relates to any of your other threads, maybe we could help.
