Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An effort or strategy of concealment, especially a planned effort to prevent something potentially scandalous from becoming public.
- n. A loose garment for wear over other clothing, such as a swimsuit or an evening dress.
Wiktionary
- n. An attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake.
WordNet 3.0
- n. concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public
Etymologies
- From the verb cover up. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Administration critics have been quick to denounce what they call a cover-up, but they are missing the point.”
“I don't want to use the term 'cover-up' but…" An audience member interrupted me: "Why wouldn't you use that term?”
“We're not going to hide him in positions just to get a short-term cover-up of what is a fundamental issue," he said.”
“The latest disclosures are likely to fuel concerns already raised by Tomlinson's family that information was withheld in what they have called a "cover-up".”
The Guardian: Ian Tomlinson evidence was held back from IPCC
“For two years the family of Ian Tomlinson, the newspaper seller unlawfully killed by a police officer, have maintained their belief that police withheld crucial information from them in what they have repeatedly described as a cover-up.”
The Guardian: Ian Tomlinson: key evidence that police withheld from coroner, IPCC and family
“The newspaper Siyasat-e Rooz in Tehran claimed that “when the enemy is expanding the range of its threats and propaganda constantly,” dispatching journalists to the border “can only be described as a cover-up.””
“Throw in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal and cover-up, plus issues around confidentiality and the provenance of information – the WikiLeaks revelations, and the Telegraph's use of stolen material to reveal the parliamentary expenses scandal – and we have an ethical minefield and a licence for lawyers to argue and make money.”
The Guardian: Privacy decisions can't just be left to judges and politicians
“The notion that vaccines might cause autism contains all of the elements of a great story: greedy pharmaceutical companies, government cover-up, uncaring doctors, and parents fighting against all odds for their children.”
“Kristine Kathryn Rusch's "G-Men" (originally reviewed in Sideways in Crime edited by Lou Anders) is equal parts sixties era detective story and political cover-up.”
REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction #26 edited by Gardner Dozois
“Description: Stargate Command is contacted by a rambling individual who claims to possess full knowledge of a host of government conspiracies, from the Kennedy cover-up to CIA-sanctioned microwave harassment of Libertarian candidates.”
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Loaded Dice
Off the straight and narrow; less than straight arrow.
chicanery, sophistry, pilfer, rook, diddle, fleece, grift, poach, rustle, pinch, abscond, steal and 140 more...
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