sextortion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɛkˈstɔɹʃən/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Blend of sex + extortion.
Meanings
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(colloquial, uncountable) A form of sexual extortion; the extortion of a person through the use of the history of their sexual conduct (such as saved sexting messages).
Facebook had to assess nearly 54,000 potential cases of revenge pornography and “sextortion” on the site in a single month, according to a leaked document.
2017 May 22, Nick Hopkins, Olivia Solon, “Facebook flooded with ‘sextortion’ and ‘revenge porn’, files reveal”, in The Guardian:
Relateds
sextort · sextortionist · revenge porn
Translations (3)
pl szantaż seksualny (Translations) · es sextorsión (Translations) · cmn 性勒索 (Translations)