whitemail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party. uncountable
    — Whitemail, which also appears unfair to some, may enhance shareholder value if the outside investor is able to influence management in a more positive way than other shareholders could.
  2. Persuasion based on positive rather than negative effects. uncountable
    — Certainly FDR was a master of his own kind of whitemail and practiced it on the likes of Harry Hopkins.
动词 v.
  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.
  2. Of a white person: to carry out blackmail. ironic
    — 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."

词形变化

whitemails present,singular,third-person whitemailing participle,present whitemailed participle,past whitemailed past

词汇关系

相关词
blackmail

词源

词源 1
From white + mail, by analogy with blackmail.
词源 2
From white + mail, by analogy with blackmail.
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