Meaning

2 senses
  1. An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.

    Truthfulness means no lies and no cover-ups. Compassion means being kind and helpful to others. Forbearance means being able to tolerate and suffer, and not fight back.

    Vertuschung

    укрыва́тельствоukryvátelʹstvo, сокры́тиеsokrýtije

    прихо́вуванняpryxóvuvannja, замо́вчуванняzamóvčuvannja

  2. An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water.

More definitions
  • concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake:
Русский
By meaning 1
attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake:

Origin

Deverbal from cover up.

Deverbal from cover up.

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Forms

plural: cover-ups

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcover up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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