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no comment

An "official" refusal to relay any further information, as a response to a newspaper reporter's question.

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  • Borrowed from English no comment.
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The district attorney said, "No comment," when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the murder suspect, for fear that he might be a flight risk.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'no comment':

no commentA refusal to say the obvious impolite retort.
no commentAn "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer.
no commentA refusal to make the obvious impolite retort.
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