COVER-UP: Meaning and related words

We found 19 dictionaries that define the word cover-up:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

cover-up: Merriam-Webster
cover-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
cover-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
cover-up, cover-up: Collins English Dictionary
cover-up: Vocabulary.com
Cover-Up, Cover-up, cover-up: Wordnik
cover-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
cover-up: Wiktionary
cover-up: Infoplease Dictionary
cover-up: Dictionary.com
Cover-up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
cover-up: Rhymezone
cover-up: FreeDictionary.org
cover-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
cover-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

cover-up: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Cover-up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cover-up)

▸ noun: An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.
▸ noun: An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water.

Opposite:

expose, reveal, disclose, uncover

Phrases:

American cover-up of Japanese war crimes, Heaviside cover-up method, more...

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