Starr had already forced her to testify for the House prosecutors by invoking her immunity agreement, thereby implicitly threatening her with prosecution.

Mr. Toussaint asserted that the memo implicitly threatened to bring charges that could lead to his suspension.

Governments can also implicitly or explicitly threaten to establish price caps to make moral suasion more likely to succeed.

Betty, in response, implicitly threatens to reveal Don's secret identity.

Then, this September, the prime minister watched as the United States got the general to dump the Taliban virtually overnight by implicitly threatening military action.

When used in this context the statement is actually implicitly threatening that should the action continue, cooperation would not be forthcoming in the future.

If senators object to unanimous consent to take up a measure, they are implicitly threatening to filibuster a motion to consider it.

But the bankers and lawyers involved recall how Mr. Jones implicitly threatened to challenge their fees if they did not cooperate.

Demands that implicitly or explicitly threaten listeners with blame or punishment if they fail to comply.

Throughout most of 1953 and 1954, McDonald implicitly threatened to leave the CIO.