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Chantage
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(a Fr. word from chanter, to sing, slang for a criminal making an avowal under examination), a demand for money backed by the threat of scandalous revelations, the French equivalent of "blackmail."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Chantage'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/chantage.html. 1910.