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That is a funny Freudian slip on her part for someone involved with the government. Blackmail implies they were doing something illegal or immoral - extortion
by Nasrudith 7y ago
That is a funny Freudian slip on her part for someone involved with the government.
Blackmail implies they were doing something illegal or immoral - extortion implies they were innocent and threatened.
- Assadi 7y agoAlternatively: a Belgian makes a mistake, one that is common even amongst natives, in a foreign language
- DoctorOetker 7y agocould it be a machine translation from "chantage" to "blackmail" ? "chantage" in Dutch doesn't sound like it necessarily implies the target has committed a crime...
- narag 7y agoActually the word should be 'bribe', shouldn't it?
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