cover-up
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the verb cover up.
Pronunciation
Noun
- An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.
- 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Jurassic Parking Lot" (season 1, episode 3b):
- Mona: Oh, of course, a cover-up! You know, the whole town would panic if they knew a misunderstood Frankensteinosaurus was on a bloodthirsty rampage! Your secret's safe, Officer. I don't want to cause an international panic any more than you do.
- 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America[1], volume 182, number 21:
- These divine qualities migrated to Mary because of deficiencies in the theology of God, in Christology and in pneumatology. It makes no lasting sense to retain this as a permanent status quo, using Mary as a cover-up for defective notions of the divine.
- 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.
- 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Jurassic Parking Lot" (season 1, episode 3b):
- An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours, page 93:
- The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
Translations
attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake
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