sportswash
sportswash · sportswashes · sportswashed · sportswashing
To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from…To use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.
Meaning
1 sensesTo use sporting events to improve a polity's reputation, especially to distract from human rights abuses.
Origin
From sports + -wash.From sports + -wash.
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Forms
sportswashes, sportswashing, sportswashed, sportswashed| Base form | sportswash · to sportswash |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sportswashes |
| Present participle | sportswashing |
| Past simple | sportswashed |
| Past participle | sportswashed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.