graymail
The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
Noun
- The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
- Email that is not technically spam (since the user agreed to receive it) but which is unwanted, such as newsletters after making a purchase.
Origin
From gray + mail: in the threat sense, by analogy with blackmail.
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Verb
- To threaten exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.