Faro tries to seduce Wendy with her tacit encouragement.

It is a dangerous notion, and with the tacit encouragement of public officials who should know better it is flourishing in New York.

Magnentius may have been a pagan, but it was his acceptance and tacit encouragement of paganism which Constantius regarded as an offence against the imperial house.

They said he would have needed at least tacit encouragement from the Iraqi government to receive money, supervise the purchase of weapons and ammunition and recruit personnel.

The fourth time you may decide that his gentle, tacit encouragement of her oblivion is in fact the worst aspect of his cruelty.

There were so many vacant buildings that no one wanted, and at the time we were given tacit encouragement by the community board.

A priest offers tacit encouragement when two of his parishioners sneak in to practice "A Whiter Shade of Pale" on the church organ.

Nevertheless, Smith's filibuster and the tacit encouragement of the Senate President are both emblematic of the director's belief in the difference that one individual can make.

Fearful for its own survival, the imperial house skilfully diverted the frenzy and hatred away from itself towards the foreign presence in China and gave the movement tacit encouragement.

The Croats say they took it as tacit encouragement.