Sentence examples for being code for from inspiring English sources

So we seem to be back to the era of the "arty European film" being code for "a bit mucky".

She said that Lloyd's phone rang constantly and that he talked in language that she interpreted as being code for drug transactions.

Lawless's John Hillcoat directs a tough corrupt-cop thriller, with a bunch of renegade policemen aiming to murder a rookie (999 being code for "officer down") to distract from a heist they are planning.

Voucher being code for: just one more thing my sister and I will need to do for our parents.

On Hitler's birthday, the 20th of April, the pub sold schnitzel for €8,88 – 88 being code for the Nazi-salute "Heil Hitler".

So CPAC included people who somehow blamed CCSS for the teaching of sex education and evolution, as well as the usual concerns about informational reading being code for liberal propaganda.

Words like "productivity" are code for quotas.

This is code for "sell the company".

(Their name is code for "tribal Monterrey").

NPR says that's code for Planned Parenthood.

Trust me, that's code for "Stringfellows".