whitemailing

Verb

whitemail (third-person singular simple present whitemails, present participle whitemailing, simple past and past participle whitemailed)

1. To persuade.
   • Major League Baseball whitemailed ESPN into paying a lot more, and the only thing we can be assured of is that the same old products and announcers will come in clearer in 2000 thanks to digital technology.2000 January 2, Howard Manly, “Tuning in Memories: Channel Surfing Comes With a Hefty Price Tag”, in Boston Globe
2. (ironic) Of a white person: to carry out blackmail.
   • Sweating heavily under the hot lights, he started off with a diatribe against British policy toward Uganda, especially London's recent decision to cancel a $24 million aid program, which Amin dismissed as "whitemailing."1973 January 1, “Avenging "Whitemail"”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2008

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