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Insinuation

The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

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Blandishment 76% connected

The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; al…

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Implication 76% connected

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

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Wheedling 76% connected

of Wheedle

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Innuendo 92% connected

An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bail noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bail bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set ba…

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Charge noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Complaint noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

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Condemnation noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Crime noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offence noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Criminal offense noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Insanity plea noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Judgment of conviction noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"

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Law-breaking noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"

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Partial verdict noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others

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Plea bargain noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea bargaining noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea of insanity noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time

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Principal noun · 78% connection

(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

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Address verb · 78% connection

Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: insinuating, creeping, winding, flowing.
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Affluent adjective · 78% connection

Flowing to; flowing abundantly.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: insinuating, creeping, winding, flowing.
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Angle verb · 78% connection

To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.

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Coax verb · 78% connection

To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.

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Crawl verb · 78% connection

To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: insinuating, creeping, winding, flowing.
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Creep verb · 78% connection

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: insinuating, creeping, winding, flowing.
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Creeper noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.

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Creepiness noun · 78% connection

An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.

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Creepingly adverb · 78% connection

by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.

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Creeple noun · 78% connection

A creeping creature; a reptile.

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Creepy adjective · 78% connection

Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.

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Cucumber noun · 78% connection

A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten eit…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: insinuating, creeping, winding, flowing.
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Davallia noun · 78% connection

any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: insinuating, creeping, winding, flowing.
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Disk noun · 78% connection

The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.

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Doob grass unknown · 78% connection

A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States.

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