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cover-up
[kuhv-er-uhp]
noun
any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
Also coverup any of various women's garments, as loose blouses, jump suits, caftans, or sarongs, worn over a swimsuit, exercise clothing, or the like.
cover-up
noun
concealment or attempted concealment of a mistake, crime, etc
verb
(tr) to cover completely
to attempt to conceal (a mistake or crime)
she tried to cover up for her friend
(intr) boxing to defend the body and head with the arms
Word History and Origins
Origin of cover-up1
Idioms and Phrases
Wrap up or enfold in order to protect. For example, Be sure to cover up the outdoor furniture in case of rain , or It's cold, so be sure to cover up the baby . [Late 1800s]
Conceal something, especially a crime, as in The opposition accused the President of covering up his assistant's suicide . [c. 1920]
Example Sentences
The decree added that women should wear a cover-up or loose clothing over their swimwear when they move between swimming areas.
It sets off the evening’s desperate downward spiral, lots of silly mayhem and an absurd cover-up.
Patterson said that the nursing home fiasco and its subsequent cover-up point to one of Cuomo’s core political instincts: “Don’t ever admit to anything.”
It was a sort of surreal world, these two worlds were going on: what was happening to Angeli and then what was going on outside with the lack of accountability and the cover-up.
Even so, activists for the missing accuse the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum — who vowed to uncover “the truth” — of a cover-up.
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