chantaje
/t͡ʃanˈtaxe/ · B2 · noun · m
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✉️💰 sounds like 'chant' + 'ha-hay': chant 'pay up, ha-hay!' or secrets get out
Chantaje (chahn-TAH-heh) starts like English 'chant'. Link it to a demand repeated over and over like a chant: 'Pay me, or I tell.' The word comes from French chantage, which is from chanter, 'to sing', as in making someone 'sing' under pressure.