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wall of silence
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | wall of silence - the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers; "the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up"blue wall, blue wall of silencecover-up - concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public |
wall of silence
wall of silence1. An unspoken policy of concealment by police regarding the wrongdoing or illicit activity of other officers. A variation on the phrase "blue wall of silence." I respect police, but it's hard to trust them completely when so many stories of the wall of silence come to light.2. Constant silence, often due to unhappiness or secrecy. Ever since my husband found out that I lied to him, there's been a wall of silence between us. Mom can never know that I broke her vase, OK? There's a wall of silence, starting now.See also: of, silence, wallwall of silence
Ethics A popular phrase for the general unwillingness of physicians to report misconduct, incompetence, substance abuse, and other breaches of professionalism committed by colleagues
Military A term used in the US armed forces, where open homosexuality is banned, for the policy of pretending that it doesn’t existwall of silence Don't ask, don't tell Ethics A popular phrase for the general unwillingness by physicians to report misconduct, incompetence, substance abuse, and other breaches of professionalism committed by colleagues; those who do bring unethical colleagues to public attention are ostracized and/or lose their jobs–Author's notewall of silence
Synonyms for wall of silencenoun the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officersSynonyms- blue wall
- blue wall of silence
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