cover-up

[kuhv-er-uhp] / ˈkʌv ərˌʌp /

NOUN

concealing; preventing investigation or exposure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

complicity conspiracy evasion

STRONG

burial camouflage concealment dissimulation front masking pretense whitewash

WEAK

closeting disguising hush-up placing under wraps seal of secrecy smokescreen veil of secrecy

VERB

conceal

Synonyms

STRONG

batten black out bottle up bury camouflage conceal cover deflect disguise dissemble equivocate gloss guard hush up inhume inter mask misinform misrepresent misrepresent/misquote obscure paint protect screen secrete shelter shield stifle suppress veil

Example Sentences

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Too often the result has been cover-up and delay with no meaningful sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal

And it sure smacks of a cover-up, if you just look at it.

From Salon

Meanwhile, his younger brother admitted to a cover-up but denied knowledge of a homicide.

From BBC

The agent was arrested shortly after the killing, but prosecutors now say he was freed and whisked away as part of a cover-up.

From Los Angeles Times

"A cover-up by the very institutions that are supposed to protect and to serve. It is nothing less than a stain of modern history of this country."

From BBC

cover-up

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