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innuendo

An innuendo is a subtle, insulting comment or gesture. (noun)

An example of innuendo is telling people that a public official seems to be giving a lot of construction jobs to a contractor from whom he gets a lot of political contributions.

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See innuendo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See innuendo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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