veiled threat in English

implied threat, subtle intimidatio

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1. Was this a veiled threat to Richard?

2. Mr. Bush makes thinly veiled threat of reprisal against his backers in Afghanistan.

3. Did you just make me a lifetime commitment right before the thinly veiled threat of abandonment?

4. This last clause is a thinly-veiled threat to those who might choose to ignore the decree.