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KTera
Since: Oct, 2010

Is there a trope for In-Universe characters refusing to say something, or preventing someone else from saying something, but in a way that makes the thing very obvious?
For example, a news report saying "John Smith Junior has been murdered. One of the susects is his father, who declined to give his name, for his own protection" or "I cannot repeat the insult he used, but I reassured him my mother has never received money in exchange for sexual favors".