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gray⋅mail

  [grey-meyl]
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–noun
a means of preventing prosecution, as for espionage, by threatening to disclose government secrets during trial.
Origin:
1975–80; gray 1 (in sense “indeterminate”) + (black)mail
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gray·mail   (grā'māl')   
n.  A defensive tactic in an espionage trial whereby the accused threatens to reveal secret information unless the charges are dropped.

[gray1 + (black)mail.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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