threatening letter

collocation in English

meaningsofthreateningandletter

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threatening
adjective
uk
/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈθret.ən.ɪŋ/
expressing a threat of something unpleasant ...
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letter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlet.ər/us
/ˈlet̬.ɚ/
a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent ...
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(Definition ofthreateningandletterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthreatening letter

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We received our firstthreateningletterthis year when we lost a bullock.
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Athreateningletterwas sent to one of my constituents for the paltry sum of £15.
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He then takes with him the most obscene, obnoxious andthreateningletterthat he can think of, running to, say, half a dozen pages.
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If he does not pay for the goods because he has not specifically asked for them, he is relatively quickly subjected to athreateningletterimplying legal action.
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This is athreateningletter.
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There is the example of an 80-year-old widow who was petrified about being sent to prison because of thethreateningletterthat she had received from the licence office.
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Her house had been hit by eggs and paintballs, and she received athreateningletter.
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He too had received athreateningletter, and had decided to take down the video.
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No actual crime occurred in coincidence with thethreateningletter.
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They determine to send athreateningletterto the other's wife to scare them into staying.
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The family has received threatening letters.
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There were seven cases of arson, four of threatening letters and notices, and police protection had to be afforded to several people.
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She merely thought she was correcting the errors, sent the form back and subsequently received threatening letters for two years.
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Instead of treating them as such, the company sent out threatening letters, causing great alarm.
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My attention has been directed to the observations of the learned judge on the subject of threatening letters.
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The threatening letters are coming out.
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The elderly are terrified when they get these threatening letters from the supposedly legal representatives of these companies.
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He writes on three or four occasions, but gets no reply, and in the end the threatening letters start to come in.
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There were thirty-two cases of injury to property, and 125 of threatening letters or notices.
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