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Allude 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 2

Allude 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 2

/əˈlu:d/ (verb)

to indicate, hint at, suggest, touch on, denote, refer to, imply, make an allusion to, mention indirectly, make reference, signify

People sometimes allude to actions without saying they actually performed them. Consider the following statement from an employee who was questioned about the loss of some valuable data: “I try to back up my computer and put away my papers every night before going home. Last Tuesday, I decided to copy my files onto the network drive and started putting my papers in my desk drawer. I also needed to lock the customer list in the office safe.” Did the employee back up her computer? Did she copy her files onto the network drive? Did she put her papers in the desk drawer? Did she lock the customer list in the office safe? The employee alluded to all these actions without saying definitively that she completed any of them. An attentive investigator should not assume that subjects perform every action they allude to.

Source: https://www.fraud-magazine.com/

Noun: allusion

Adjective: allusive

Adverb: allusively


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