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• n  an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
• n  the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments
  she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor

• But the Coens are wintry and dead calm ironists, and their movie is finally less an assault on our sensibilities than a subtle and possibly permanent insinuation into our .
• It was devoid of facts, but heavy on innuendo and insinuation of the sort to which we've become all too accustomed in our politics these past two decades.
• But neither could Republicans allow the insinuation that they take orders from a radio-host stand.

• innuendo
• ingratiation

News & Articles

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• Christine Quinn Has Unusually Harsh Words for De Blasio, Thompson
  Christine Quinn has run a more or less attack-free campaign so far, criticizing her rivals by insinuation but rarely naming them in her public remarks and mailings.
  July 3, 2013 - New York Magazine

Quotes

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• Pervez Musharraf in BBC News
  Despite all the insinuation and apprehensions, the elections will be free, fair, transparent and peaceful,Mr Musharraf told state television.
• Joe Torre in Hartford Courant
  I expressed my dissatisfaction with the length of the contract,Torre said, describing his 20-minute meeting with the Yankees hierarchy Thursday in Tampa, Fla. "And the fact that the incentives, which I took as an insult, [an insinuation]...
• Barack Obama in FOXNews
  The (article) did not identify these agents, nor did it reveal the nature of the charge,Obama said in a written statement. "It was devoid of facts, but heavy on innuendo and insinuation of the sort to which we've become all too accustomed...