deniability
the ability to deny something, as knowledge of or connection with an illegal activity.
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How to use deniability in a sentence
One business hires another business, and the separation shields the former from liability, providing plausible deniability.
Wage Theft Is Common for Low-Level Workers, and Officials Are Starting to Take Notice | Jesse Marx and Maya Srikrishnan | May 19, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThat comports with the warnings by advocates, who have long called voluntary inspections merely a box-ticking exercise designed to give brands deniability if problems later emerge.
Exclusive: Workers in Factory That Makes Kate Hudson's Fabletics Activewear Allege Rampant Sexual and Physical Abuse | Refiloe Makhaba Nkune | May 5, 2021 | TimeThere’s a premium on saying things that are technically true — or at least carry plausible deniability — even if they’re misleading.
Fundraising appeals are a plague on our politics. Here’s why you should care. | Aaron Blake | April 8, 2021 | Washington PostThere’s almost some plausible deniability at play, to a certain extent.
‘Walk the walk of your corporate values’: Confessions of a digital agency exec on lost leverage in its client relationship due to Covid | Kristina Monllos | March 12, 2021 | DigidayTheir lips meet, and they push past the point of deniability.
Even when plausible deniability crumbles, the brainwashed paste it back together again.
This 1979 Novel Predicted Putin’s Invasion Of Crimea | Michael Weiss | May 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn one sense, Walt is providing Skyler with plausible deniability here.
Latest ‘Breaking Bad’ Episode, ‘Ozymandias,’ Is Most Action-Packed Yet | Andrew Romano | September 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the previous episodes involving SAC employees or former SAC employees, Cohen had plausible deniability.
The Insider-Trading Cloud Hanging Over SAC Capital’s Steven A. Cohen | Daniel Gross | November 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese things were usually perpetrated with plenty of plausible deniability.
The Brits learned this from the Swiss, who were the original masters of plausible deniability.
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