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| gray·mail [ gráy màyl ] |
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threatened revelation of state secrets: a maneuver used by the defense in a spy trial whereby the government is threatened with the revelation of national secrets unless the case against the defendant is dropped.
See also blackmail (sense 1) greenmail
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| [Late 20th century. After blackmail] |
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