graymail

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noun

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

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Meanings

noungraymail (uncountable)
  1. USuncountablelawThe threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
  2. InternetuncountableEmail that is not technically spam (since the user agreed to receive it) but which is unwanted, such as newsletters after making a purchase.
verbgraymail (third-person singular simple present graymails, present participle graymailing, simple past and past participle graymailed)

present singular third person graymails · participle present graymailing · participle past graymailed · past graymailed

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

Origin

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

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graymail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graymail

MLA

“graymail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graymail. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graymail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graymail.

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