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greymail

greymail is the alternative form of graymail.

Meaning of graymail

Noun

graymail (uncountable)

  1. (US) The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
  2. (Internet) Email that is not technically spam (since the user agreed to receive it) but which is unwanted, such as newsletters after making a purchase.

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Questions about greymail

What is greymail the alternative form of?
Greymail is the alternative form of graymail.

Words near greymail in the dictionary

  1. greylist
  2. greylisted
  3. greylisting
  4. greylists
  5. greyly
  6. greymail
  7. greymap
  8. greymaps
  9. Greymouth
  10. greymuzzle
  11. greymuzzles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: greymail (page history and authors); graymail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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