dissuasion

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He previously sued CNN, accusing the network of playing a part in a "campaign of dissuasion in the form of libel and slander against" him, seeking $475 million in punitive damages.

From Salon • May 4, 2023

“The dissuasion is working. But then, the less we talk about it, the less we brandish the threat, the more credible we are.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2022

That glaring disconnect, between official dissuasion and on-the-ground leniency, has been received by Haitian and other migrants as an invitation to take their chances on reaching the U.S. border.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021

Soon the season for tomato dissuasion rolls around again.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Jim had not, and the Squire trotted off to find his agent, with a last word of dissuasion on letting Mountfield.

From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald