| 单词 | whitemail |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhitemail whitemail v. [after blackmail v.] rare to seize or appropriate (a thing), or apply moral pressure to (a person) for a good cause. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate > for a good purpose whitemail1861 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth lii He spent much of his gains..in..choice drugs, and would have so invested them all, but Margaret white-mailed a part. 1994 Irish Times (Nexis) 30 May 2 Ordinary schools were being ‘whitemailed’ into enrolling pupils with special needs without being given the necessary resources and support services, he said. < as lemmas |
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