blackmail vs hustle

blackmail

verb
  • To extort money or favors from (a person) by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, such as injury to reputation, distress of mind, false accusation, etc. 

  • To speak ill of someone; to defame someone. 

noun
  • The extortion of money or favours by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure. 

  • Black rent, or rent paid in corn, meat, or the lowest coin, as opposed to white rent, which was paid in silver. 

  • Compromising material that can be used to extort someone, dirt. 

hustle

verb
  • To con, swindle, or deceive; especially financially. 

  • To obtain by illicit or forceful action. 

  • To be a prostitute; to exchange use of one's body for sexual purposes for money. 

  • To put a lot of effort into one's work. 

  • To rush or hurry. 

  • To dance the hustle, a disco dance. 

  • To sell sex; to work as a pimp. 

  • To bundle; to stow something quickly. 

  • To work. 

  • To play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge. 

  • To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle. 

noun
  • A type of disco dance, commonly danced to the Van McCoy song The Hustle. 

  • An act of prostitution. 

  • A state of busy activity. 

  • An activity, such as prostitution or reselling stolen items, that a prisoner uses to earn money in prison. 

  • A propensity to work hard and get things done; ability to hustle. 

How often have the words blackmail and hustle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )