Googling "greenmail" gives about 3,300 hits; "greenmail greenpeace" gives 48. This is complicatd somewhat by the fact that there is an email service that calls itself greenmail (No endorsement implied nor should none be inferred) 2000. It would seem that mav's interpretation is definitely secondary. One of the 48 even has the line "gives a whole new meaning to greenmail".

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