Graymail Definition

grāmāl
noun
A defensive tactic in an espionage trial whereby the accused threatens to reveal secret information unless the charges are dropped.
American Heritage
Social pressure intended to compel someone, esp. a public official, to reveal sensitive information.
Webster's New World

(US, law) The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.

Wiktionary

Origin of Graymail

  • From gray + mail, by analogy with blackmail

    From Wiktionary

  • gray (black)mail

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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