[
US
/ˈkəvɝˌəp/
]
NOUN
- concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public
How To Use cover-up In A Sentence
- The micro-mini white cover-up she had donned over her bathing suit was removed without circumstance, revealing a shimmering gold maillot that dipped very low in back and was accented by sheer finely-woven gold mesh across the waistline in front. Who Said It Would Be Easy
- The discovery that the government was aware of the cover-up has really added fuel to the fire.
- Stunned at this cover-up, I was rooted to the spot.
- Their methods of cover-up and provocation indicate a consciousness of guilt and a fear of exposure.
- Officers are also said to have colluded in a cover-up. The Sun
- If we're lucky, we may have someone in the family who makes the perfect cover-ups for the test of us: the wedding quilt for the newlyweds, the blanket for the new baby's layette.
- It was an appalling catalogue of incompetence, lies and cover-ups. The Sun
- The goons, the oilmen, the shakedown and the cover-up.
- If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government.
- Through suppression of information, cover-ups, lies and outright gangsterism, these industry heads sought to continue their conspiracy against the public.