conceal
verb (used with object)
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight.
concealed
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past participleof conceal.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof conceal.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
concealverb (used with object)to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight.
Example Sentences
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Federal prosecutors say an OpenAI engineer concealed an encrypted audio recording device in toilet paper behind a conference-room television.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The paintings were hidden behind a solid cinder-block wall and concealed so well that they were discovered only during a second search.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Sepahvand arrived in 2016 concealed in a lorry.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
With that, “Chronovisor” and its obsessed protagonist enter a trancelike, analog-heavy state in which obscure texts in myriad languages tease a concealed parascientific history of potentially great importance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The doctors who had initially concealed that Bill Smith had given a last statement incriminating Hale and who had arranged it so that one of them became the administrator of Rita Smith’s invaluable estate.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
