"brownwash" meaning in English

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        "2": "brown",
        "3": "wash",
        "gloss1": "best colour to cover up dirt"
      },
      "expansion": "brown (“best colour to cover up dirt”) + -wash",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "brown (“best colour to cover up dirt”) + -wash.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brownwashes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brownwashing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brownwashed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brownwashed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -wash",
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      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "whitewash"
        },
        {
          "word": "greenwash"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Company X are brownwashing when they say they are partners with child rights NGO Y, yet employ child labor in their factories in Country Z.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rebrand, cover up or divert attention from amoral, illicit or criminal activities by establishing partnerships or connections with legitimate, value-based organizations e.g. NGOs."
      ],
      "id": "en-brownwash-en-verb-CY6yLajZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "rebrand",
          "rebrand"
        ],
        [
          "NGO",
          "NGO"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To rebrand, cover up or divert attention from amoral, illicit or criminal activities by establishing partnerships or connections with legitimate, value-based organizations e.g. NGOs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brownwash"
}

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    {
      "word": "whitewash"
    },
    {
      "word": "greenwash"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "brown",
        "3": "wash",
        "gloss1": "best colour to cover up dirt"
      },
      "expansion": "brown (“best colour to cover up dirt”) + -wash",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "brown (“best colour to cover up dirt”) + -wash.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brownwashes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brownwashing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brownwashed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brownwashed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "brownwash (third-person singular simple present brownwashes, present participle brownwashing, simple past and past participle brownwashed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English terms with usage examples",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Company X are brownwashing when they say they are partners with child rights NGO Y, yet employ child labor in their factories in Country Z.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To rebrand, cover up or divert attention from amoral, illicit or criminal activities by establishing partnerships or connections with legitimate, value-based organizations e.g. NGOs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rebrand",
          "rebrand"
        ],
        [
          "NGO",
          "NGO"
        ]
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        "(rare) To rebrand, cover up or divert attention from amoral, illicit or criminal activities by establishing partnerships or connections with legitimate, value-based organizations e.g. NGOs."
      ],
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        "rare"
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    }
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  "word": "brownwash"
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