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Discover LudwigThe phrase "blackmailed to" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used when describing a situation where someone is being coerced or threatened into doing something against their will. Here is an example: She was blackmailed to reveal confidential information about the company's finances or risk losing her job.
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"The government is being totally blackmailed to acquiesce to something which does not reflect what it represents," Ms Constantopoulou said.
Yet we have been constantly blackmailed to make concessions and give up yet more of our legitimate rights.
The state continues the payments after the outside power leaves, perhaps eventually being blackmailed to do so.
"The government is being totally blackmailed to acquiesce to something which does not reflect what it represents," Constantopoulou said.
He complained last week that the Egyptian people were being "blackmailed to either accept decrees that they reject or suffer a constitutional void".
"I want the merger to go through, but I'm not going to get blackmailed to do dumb business things to make it go through".
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They are blackmailers, they blackmail to get what they want.
They are used to being above the law, to blackmail, to extort.
From petty street corruption, to blackmail, to torture and murder, Egypt's police were known for it all.
Maintain friendships, cheat, lie, or blackmail to receive information.
You don't have to blackmail someone to use this trick to achieve your goals.
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