Meaning

2 senses

  1. To persuade.

  2. (ironic)Of a white person: to carry out blackmail.

Origin

From white + mail, by analogy with blackmail.

From white + mail, by analogy with blackmail.

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Forms

whitemails, whitemailing, whitemailed, whitemailed
Base formwhitemail · to whitemail
3rd person singularwhitemails
Present participlewhitemailing
Past simplewhitemailed
Past participlewhitemailed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywhitemail
he, she, itwhitemails

Past simpleLesson

all personswhitemailed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave whitemailed
he, she, ithas whitemailed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill whitemail

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whiteA1whiteboardwhitenwhitenesswhither
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