Synonyms for cover-up
cov·er-up

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1. cover-upverb

   concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

2. cover, cover upverb

   hide from view or knowledge

   "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"

   Synonyms:
   brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, overlay, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cover, cross, get across, cover up, insure

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1. List of paraphrases for "cover-up":

   concealment, camouflage, conspiracy, plot, masquerade, coverage, charade, obfuscation

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1. Carolyn Maloney:

   It is becoming increasingly clear that not only did the team fail to protect employees, but the NFL went to great lengths to prevent the truth about this toxic work environment from coming to light, the NFL’s decision to cover up these abuses raises serious questions about its commitment to setting workplace standards that keep employees safe. I commend these victims for their bravery in coming forward to share their stories.

2. Hunter Biden:

   This was an all-hands-on-deck type cover-up, so it wasn't enough just to have the media black it out. This had to be a sort of complete blanketing of the story, and that requires not allowing people to talk about it on social media because it wouldn't have mattered if The New York Times didn’t cover it if all of Twitter and all of Facebook and all of LinkedIn and Instagram … was speaking about it anyways.

3. Kevin Nicholson:

   Liberal politicians that are begging for apologies are just trying to cover up for their own mistakes and their own missteps.

4. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

   The FBI documents further demonstrate Secretary Clinton’s complete disregard for properly handling classified information. This is exactly why I called on DNI Clapper to deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information, moreover, a senior The State Department official’s attempt to pressure The FBI to hide the extent of this mishandling bears all the signs of a cover-up.

5. Yemane Gebremeskel:

   All the fabricated stories - which are alien to our culture and laws - are peddled to cover up the crimes of the TPLF which started the war.