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Synonyms for cover-up


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhv-er-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ərˌʌp

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Définition of cover-up

Origin :
  • also coverup, "means or act of concealing" some event or activity, 1922, from verbal phrase, from cover (v.) + up (adv.).
  • noun attempt to conceal embarrassing or scandalous information
Example sentences :
  • The demand for stores was a cover-up for things already done.
  • Extract from : « Talents, Incorporated » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • It possessed two qualities which most other cover-up titles do not have.
  • Extract from : « What The Left Hand Was Doing » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • But apparently the job was a genuine heist, not a cover-up for something else.
  • Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson
  • And Mannheim was plotting the next phase of the capture—the cover-up.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • But it wouldn't do to leave a cover-up door like this standing open.
  • Extract from : « Winnie Childs » by C. N. Williamson
  • It was a cover-up, a substitute symbol to bring his nervous system back under full control.
  • Extract from : « The Sensitive Man » by Poul William Anderson
  • “We can swing the cover-up afterwards all the way,” Taggert told him firmly.
  • Extract from : « What The Left Hand Was Doing » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • If President Ferraro didn't know about the battleship, he must have been taken in by the cover-up job.
  • Extract from : « The Misplaced Battleship » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
  • And Stanley Martin was plotting the next phase of the capture—the cover-up.
  • Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett
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