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A character's illegitimate offspring blackmails them into having their way (usually involving a job or money).
Seen in a Sherlock Holmes story (the son schemes to be made the heir instead of the legitimate son) and a non-Holmes story by Conan Doyle (a flagrantly unfit teacher is actually the headmaster's illegitimate son).