1. plural of graymail; the practice of threatening to disclose classified or sensitive government information in order to gain concessions or avoid prosecution
Usage: legal/political term; often used in national security contexts

1. third-person singular present tense of graymail; to threaten disclosure of classified information as leverage
Usage: legal/political term; transitive verb

Examples

• The defendant's attorney warned that graymails involving classified documents could complicate the trial.
• Federal prosecutors have developed strategies to counter graymails in national security cases.
• He graymails the government by threatening to reveal sensitive intelligence unless charges are dropped.
• The statute was designed to prevent defendants from using graymails as a defense tactic.
• Several high-profile cases have involved graymails related to classified military information.