{"data":{"id":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-15-5","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"720 ILCS 5/15-5","heading":"Threat.","body":"As used in this Part C, \"threat\" means a menace, however communicated, to:\n(a) Inflict physical harm on the person threatened or any other person or on property; or\n(b) Subject any person to physical confinement or restraint; or\n(c) Commit any criminal offense; or\n(d) Accuse any person of a criminal offense; or\n(e) Expose any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule; or\n(f) Harm the credit or business repute of any person; or\n(g) Reveal any information sought to be concealed by the person threatened; or\n(h) Take action as an official against anyone or anything, or withhold official action, or cause such action or withholding; or\n(i) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott or other similar collective action if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group which he purports to represent; or\n(j) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or\n(k) Inflict any other harm which would not benefit the offender.","path":["CHAPTER 720 CRIMINAL OFFENSES","Criminal Code of 2012."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1876\u0026ChapterID=53\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:41Z","sha256":"89fae0f3cf2cca74d4d75402dd3ba0fa7695344d09223dd8bc90b74c51e86ce3","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-15-4","next":"us-il/720-ilcs-5-15-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}