The Collaborative International Dictionary
Threatening \Threat"en*ing\, a. & n. from Threaten, v. -- Threat"en*ing*ly, adv.
Threatening letters (Law), letters containing threats, especially those designed to extort money, or to obtain other property, by menaces; blackmailing letters.
Usage examples of "threatening letters".
He worried about Jess, about the stalker, and about the threatening letters in general.
And true or false that you as well as Malcolm have been getting angry, even threatening letters from her for weeks, paranoiac against my client and her engagement with all sorts of unfounded accusations?
In 1903, it acquired a new name when a Brooklyn contractor, Nicola Cappiello, went to the police to report that he had been receiving threatening letters signed ‘.
Perhaps he connected it in his own mind with one or two outstanding accounts, in reference to which he had already received divers threatening letters.
To begin with, you must realise that the threatening letters were in the nature of a blind.
Vassalaro probably does not know that he transgresses a law in writing threatening letters and that should be a very strong weapon in your hand in certain eventualities.