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coverup in American English (ˈkʌvərˌʌp) noun1. an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed 2. US an outer garment, esp. for wearing over a swimsuit Examples of 'coverup' in a sentencecoverup Once upon a time, it was impossible to find an embroidered coverup.If there was a coverup, he was unaware.Team with a cute coverup for problem arms.I think there has been a coverup.She accused chiefs of a coverup after a first probe called her allegation 'unsubstantiated'.Thanks to an exhaustive coverup, one of the biggest disasters in football history is also one of its least publicised.What is revealed is the extent to which the global industry has done a slick coverup job.The symptomatic treatments recommended by doctors include taking antibiotics to dampen any infection and using coverup make-up.What if it's a coverup? In other languagescoverup British English: cover-up NOUN A cover-up is an attempt to hide a crime or mistake. The general denied there'd been any cover-up. - American English: cover-up
- Brazilian Portuguese: encobrimento dos fatos
- Chinese: 掩盖对罪行、错误的
- European Spanish: encubrimiento
- French: tentative pour étouffer une affaireN
- German: Vertuschung
- Italian: occultamento
- Japanese: もみ消し
- Korean: 은폐
- European Portuguese: encobrimento dos factos
- Latin American Spanish: encubrimiento
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