亚洲网紅露点

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cover-up

[ kuhv-er-uhp ]

noun

  1. any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
  2. Also 肠辞惫顎侥谤路耻辫顎. 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

  1. concealment or attempted concealment of a mistake, crime, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to cover completely
  2. whenintr, often foll by for to attempt to conceal (a mistake or crime)

    she tried to cover up for her friend

  3. intr boxing to defend the body and head with the arms
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of cover-up1

First recorded in 1925鈥30; noun use of verb phrase cover up
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After the arrest, the White House stopped harassing opponents and began the long, complicated cover-up of its covert espionage operations.

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One day they accused him of masterminding a sprawling murder and cover-up conspiracy.

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He secrets away a trove of incriminating documents about a nasty false flag operation and cover-up, which he uses as leverage to demand his own field training.

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But in the wake of the massive scandal that exposed decades of cover-up, new allegations have become rare.

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Although the utility called the statement a misunderstanding, attorneys called it a 鈥渕assive cover-up鈥 intended 鈥渢o conceal from the public that its electrical equipment was the source of several additional ignitions of the Palisades Fire.鈥

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