His comments seem intended to lend weight to his argument that he acted with the tacit approval of bank executives, according to lawyers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Why give tacit approval to the shabby treatment meted out to savers?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Being in this film, then, is tacit approval of what the film is trying to say.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It seemed that from the top there was tacit approval of doping.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is a retreat inward and a tacit approval of injustice in society.
Christianity Today (2000)