"cover-up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cover-ups [plural]
Etymology: From the verb cover up. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cover up}} cover up Head templates: {{en-noun}} cover-up (plural cover-ups)
  1. An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake. Synonyms: coverup Translations (attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake): ört-basdır (Azerbaijani), утойванне (utójvannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), укрывальніцтва (ukryvalʹnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), ututlat [perfective] (Czech), wegmoffelen (Dutch), peittely (Finnish), salailu (Finnish), piilottelu (Finnish), omerta [feminine] (French), dissimulation [feminine] (French), étouffement [masculine] (French), Vertuschung [feminine] (German), συγκάλυψη (sygkálypsi) [feminine] (Greek), occultamento [masculine] (Italian), copertura [feminine] (Italian), insabbiamento [masculine] (Italian), zatuszowanie [neuter] (Polish), encobrimento [masculine] (Portuguese), mușamalizare [feminine] (Romanian), укрыва́тельство (ukryvátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), сокры́тие (sokrýtije) [neuter] (Russian), mörkläggning [common-gender] (Swedish), прихо́вування (pryxóvuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), замо́вчування (zamóvčuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cover-up-en-noun-9RxexSmw Disambiguation of 'attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake': 93 7
  2. An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water. Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-cover-up-en-noun-etVWBQPj Disambiguation of Clothing: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 78

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