allude(v = verb.communication) advert, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
is one way to hint, suggest
Derived forms noun allusion₁, adjective allusive₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

   To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction. [1913 Webster]
"These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use." [1913 Webster]

   To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. Wither. [1913 Webster]

allude, v.intr. (foll. by to)
1 refer, esp. indirectly, covertly, or briefly to.
2 disp. mention.

Etymology:
L alludere (as AD-, ludere lus- play)

allude to