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What is a cover-up?

What is a cover-up? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake.
  2. An item of clothing to be worn over a swimsuit while not in the water.
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She soon discovers a cover-up involving contaminated water in a local community.
She refused to apologise on behalf of her Department and denied any attempt at a cover-up or bid to suppress the news.
For them, the cover-up of serious crimes is a way of life, a feature of their everyday business.
However, they did not realise that the DNA test would also be able to expose their attempts at a cover-up.
And when you do it to discredit someone who is telling the truth it's a cover-up.
Inference is drawn that an alleged cover-up automatically implies the truth of the hypothesis.

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