Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blackmailer’s charter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
black-mail-er’s char-ter
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, which made "gross indecency" a crime in the United Kingdom, and was used broadly to prosecute male homosexuals.

British usage; Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Blackmailer's Charter (canonical)

Questions

What does blackmailer’s charter mean?
Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, which made "gross indecency" a crime in the United Kingdom, and was used broadly to prosecute male homosexuals.

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