cover-up
noun
cov·er-up
ˈkə-vər-ˌəp 
1
a
: a device or stratagem for masking or concealing
his garrulousness is a cover-up for insecurity
b
: a usually concerted effort to keep an illegal or unethical act or situation from being made public
2
: a loose outer garment
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Examples of cover-up in a Sentence
that contrived burglary was just a cover-up for murder
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Part memoir, part reportage, Thompson’s book is not only an elegiac tribute to a child whose life was cut short too soon, but also a searing indictment of the system that enabled the lynching and the subsequent cover-up.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Ultimately, the fifth and most kindhearted Garvey sister, Grace (Anne-Marie Duff), got the job done, murdering her dastardly husband and staging what appeared to be an effective cover-up with the help of her sisters and neighbor Roger (Michael Smiley).
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
It can be dressed up for a business dinner with a pair of slacks, worn casually with jeans while sightseeing during the day, or thrown over your bathing suit poolside (so there's no need to pack an additional cover-up).
—Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
Her attorneys, however, claimed that she was framed in a cover-up after O'Keefe was allegedly jumped by people at the Alberts’ house.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Ultimately, the fifth and most kindhearted Garvey sister, Grace (Anne-Marie Duff), got the job done, murdering her dastardly husband and staging what appeared to be an effective cover-up with the help of her sisters and neighbor Roger (Michael Smiley).
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
It can be dressed up for a business dinner with a pair of slacks, worn casually with jeans while sightseeing during the day, or thrown over your bathing suit poolside (so there's no need to pack an additional cover-up).
—Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
Her attorneys, however, claimed that she was framed in a cover-up after O'Keefe was allegedly jumped by people at the Alberts’ house.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for cover-up
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“Cover-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover-up. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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