But Mr. Pataki sent a gently menacing message to those who might block his initiatives.

They sent a powerful, menacing message: don't trifle with me.

In 2011 a man was convicted,was given a suspended jail sentence and fined after posting a menacing message on Facebook about Campbell.

"HBO seems to be forgetting who it is that pays the bills around here," read a menacing message on that site.

Similar menacing messages have been posted on walls in towns in western Anbar Province.

It suggests the Syrian government sends a "menacing" message to the Turkish government from the danger it might face in case of any hostile move.

At least, no sound I had heard, so intent was I on that menacing message.

Similar menacing messages have been posted on walls in towns in western Anbar, according to a Western diplomat who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation.

He was later arrested, tried and convicted of sending a menacing message.

But the blaze was intended as a menacing message for a Brooklyn company trying to get a foothold in New York City's lucrative garbage-carting business.