Synonyms for cover-up
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuhv-er-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌv ərˌʌp |
Top 10 synonyms for cover-up Other synonyms for the word cover-up
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
- 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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