If anything, the police were trying to cover up their own abusive practices. |
He was trying very hard to cover up his nervousness with joviality and humor. |
He was deeply involved in the attempt to whitewash and cover up the My Lai massacre. |
The old respectability of the establishment could no longer cover up the major moral lapses of the financial sector. |
Last night we heard a laundry list of new promises which I thought was an attempt to cover up old failures. |
In order to cover up their own anti-democratic practices, they are sacrificing fundamental political rights. |