implicit threat

collocation in English

meaningsofimplicitandthreat

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implicit
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/us
/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/
suggested but not ...
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threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/us
/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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(Definition ofimplicitandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimplicit threat

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Yesterday, we heard animplicitthreatto tax child benefit.
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While not mandatory, the new targets were 'strongly encouraged' with theimplicitthreatof non-licence renewal, and in practice the quota was compulsory.
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There was noimplicitthreat, because both sides saw the advantages.
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I am not sure what was theimplicitthreatin that remark.
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In some ways, this is the greatestimplicitthreatto their freedom to prescribe.
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I am not interested in ceasefires, with theirimplicitthreatof a resumption, unless something is yielded in the meantime.
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That may be simply a slip, it may be bluff, or it may contain animplicitthreat.
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Furthermore, the survey that was announced this morning carries animplicitthreatto the future integrity of student unions.
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So much for the spin that it would be voluntary—there is animplicitthreatof legislation.
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If a legal system relies on theimplicitthreatof authorizing coercion as a means of securing compliance, then it may be regarded as coercive (at least at one remove).
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The staff are now to suffer also because of the break-up of the authority and theimplicitthreatof privatisation of the school meals service.
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The lack of young farmers also poses animplicitthreatto manufacturing organisations that depend on the products of our dairy farms.
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Rather, the clauses are designed to deal with those malevolent and sinister protests that create a feeling of fear through animplicitthreatof violence.
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Losing weight, therefore, is a breaking of the pact and animplicitthreatto the marriage.
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When touring the ship, the mandarin was impressed by the 24-pounders and theimplicitthreatof damage they could inflict.
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