Blackmail/Extortion

 Blackmail/Extortion

Blackmail generally refers to hush money, and extortion refers to certain forms of public official misconduct and to those making threats of physical harm to person or property. Few "blackmail" statutes remain on the books, with most statutes prohibiting such behavior as extortion, theft, or criminal coercion.

 It is also a criminal offense of unlawly obtaining money, property or services from a person, entity or institution, through coercion.

 EXAMPLE:

For example, it is extortion if a public official threatens to deny a public contract to a bidding contractor who clearly deserves to receive it unless the bidder pays off the official. The official would receive the payoff under a threat to give the contractor worse than fair treatment.

 reference:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/law/legal-and-political-magazines/blackmail-and-extortion#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20it%20is%20extortion,contractor%20worse%20than%20fair%20treatment.