anonymous letter

collocation in English

meaningsofanonymousandletter

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anonymous
adjective
uk
/əˈnɒn.ɪ.məs/us
/əˈnɑː.nə.məs/
made or done by someone whose name is not known or not ...
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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 ofanonymousandletterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofanonymous letter

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Anyanonymousletterhad to be examined.
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It is not ananonymousletter.
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There is this distinction between the writer of theanonymousletterand the common informer.
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I shall say no more about theanonymousletterwriter.
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Surely, that is a much greater testimony than thisanonymousletter.
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Ananonymouslettercan in no circumstances be regarded as evidence against a widow, but it may legitimately be ground for inquiry.
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I said it was ananonymousletter.
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One was ananonymousletterto a newspaper.
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The letter which he read was ananonymousletter.
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The non-attributable interview has all the moral grandeur of theanonymousletteror the nobility of the poison pen communication.
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It is only in a minority of cases that ananonymousletteris concerned.
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That letter contained further allegations which were not in the originalanonymousletter.
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We received ananonymousletterabout the shocking ill-treatment of a child.
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We are to base our discussion on ananonymousletter.
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If theanonymousletterpointed in a direction where we thought there should be an inquiry, then good would be done by it.
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We are not talking about the averageanonymousletteror the concern of people at different levels.
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I am most unhappy about theanonymouslettermethod with which the whole thing was started.
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Just last week, someone sent me two partly destroyed passports, with a coveringanonymousletter.
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But the identity of the author of ananonymouslettermay well defeat even the most rigorous investigator.
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Thatanonymouslettermade no substantiated allegations and included no evidence.
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