feemail
feemail (fee-mayl).Slang. 1. An attorney’s fee extorted by intimidation, threats, or pressure. 2. The act or process of extorting such a fee. Cf. BLACKMAIL(1); GRAYMAIL; GREENMAIL(1), (2).
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blackmail
blackmail, n. 1. A threatening demand made without justification; EXTORTION. Cf. FEEMAIL; GRAYMAIL; GREENMAIL(1), (2). [Cases: Extortion and Threats 25. 1. C.J.S. Threats and Unlawful Communications §§ 2–20.] — blackmail, vb. “[Blackmail is] a certain rate of Money, Corn, Cattle, or other consideration, paid to some inhabiting upon, or near the borders, being persons of
graymail
graymail. A criminal defendant’s threat to reveal classified information during the trial in the hope of forcing the government to drop the criminal charge. Cf. BLACKMAIL(1); GREENMAIL(1), (2); FEEMAIL.
greenmail
greenmail. 1. The act or practice of buying enough stock in a company to threaten a hostile takeover and then selling the stock back to the corporation at an inflated price. 2. The money paid for stock in the corporation’s buyback. Cf. BLACKMAIL(1); FEEMAIL; GRAYMAIL. 3. A shareholder’s act of filing or threatening to file