graymail

n. <美>(在起诉审讯中)扬言要公开政府机密的讹诈

词形变化

graymailed graymailing graymails 三单 graymails graymailing 现在分词 graymailed 过去式 graymailed 过去分词

别名

greymail

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.

    美国 不可数 法律
  2. 2.

    Email that is not technically spam (since the user agreed to receive it) but which is unwanted, such as newsletters after making a purchase.

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To threaten exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.

    美国 法律

词源

From gray + mail: in the threat sense, by analogy with blackmail.

来源：wiktionary