blackmail
blackmail.01 - to exert pressure on someone through threats
BLACKMAIL-V NOTES: Frames file for 'blackmail' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from blackmail.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
blackmail (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: blackmailer, agent
ARG1-PPT: entity blackmailed
ARG1-PPT: entity blackmailed
transitive
In addition to giving a president powers to rewrite spending bills meant to be written in Congress , Rep. Edwards argues , a line - item veto would allow
the chief executiveARG0
to blackmailrel
lawmakersARG1
.