The tacit threat of having their operating licences removed was required before they agreed to cooperate with GCCS and let it see their messages each day.

He was still in pain, and might have skipped the Charlotte gala altogether, had the league office not insured his appearance with the tacit threat of a suspension.

For all his chief engineer's tacit mock threats, Jim had never seen a better landing.

"Mother Confessor," she said in a cautious tone, feeling the need to make clear the tacit threat of the power she wielded.

And the image becomes confused in his own mind with his stern father's tacit threats of corporal punishment.

Some Wall Street analysts viewed that comment as a tacit threat of a default, which some economists say could come as soon as next Monday.

This tacit threat was the sheikhs' strategy for getting their way.

You were right, and the forced union was far less costly than a war, even if accomplished with the tacit threat of such.

For the tacit threat to work, though, it must be believed.

Senator Lott responded to their comments by issuing a statement carrying a tacit threat.