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The phrase "a veiled threat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a statement that implies a threat without stating it directly, often in a subtle or indirect manner.
Example: "His comment about the consequences of failure felt like a veiled threat, making everyone in the room uneasy."
Alternatives: "an implied threat" or "a subtle threat".
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Or a veiled threat?
Nonetheless, he still made a veiled threat.
It included commentary that some brokers read as a veiled threat.
But Nassirov insists that he was simply teasing his audience and not making a veiled threat.
Another leader, Kokaew Pikulthong, issued what appeared to be a veiled threat to the government.
He had once appeared to make a veiled threat against her young daughter.
Still, in Sierra Leone a veiled threat is progress of a kind.
Ms. Roy described the writing as a "veiled threat rather than something explicit".
At some point the officers made a veiled threat about Turner's ability to continue as photographer.
Instead, Chaffetz issued a veiled threat to cut off funding for Shaub's agency.
He appeared to make a veiled threat on Twitter on Tuesday to run as an independent.
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