"chantajear" in English

It has been proved that a dedicated few can hold a majority to ransom.

Too often in the past EU Member States have allowed themselves to be blackmailed by China.

I would also like to tell you that neither in Africa nor in Europe should anyone be held to ransom by Robert Mugabe.

32 of their employees have been arrested for blackmailing customers whom they accused of stealing electricity.

It is made even less acceptable if one is aware of precisely why Berlin chose to try to blackmail the Council.

to blackmail sb into -ing

We think that Parliament is trying to blackmail the Commission with the threat of withholding 20% of rural development resources.

Along with the EU’s passive attitude, this has encouraged Russia to blackmail Ukraine by threatening to cut off gas supplies.

For 33 years, the Turkish army has held the uninhabited town of Famagusta and uses it to blackmail the Greek Cypriot community.

Therefore he clearly poses a global threat to oil supplies, and, were he to become a nuclear power, could hold the whole world to ransom.

It is failing to proceed with the signature of border treaties with Latvia and Estonia, and has resorted to the use of gas to blackmail some Member States.

It is, of course, also unacceptable for the United States to blackmail other countries with a view to undermining the International Criminal Court.

That is why I ask you to deliver a strong resolution, but also to conduct a strong policy in your countries, to prevent your government from allowing itself to be blackmailed by Russia.

Mr President, the lack of a common and long-term energy security strategy is proof not only of the EU’ s short-sightedness, but even that a conflict of interests exists between its Member States.

There must be more humane trapping methods, but we in the House must not allow ourselves to be blackmailed by postponements and other tactics into delaying the approval of these methods.