sextortion

English

Etymology

Blend of sex +‎ extortion

Noun

sextortion (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) 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).
   • 2017 May 22, Nick Hopkins, Olivia Solon, “Facebook flooded with ‘sextortion’ and ‘revenge porn’, files reveal”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Related terms

• sextort (verb)
• sextortionist

See also

• revenge porn

Anagrams

• extortions