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cover-ups

  • plural
    of cover-up.
    cover-up
    noun
    any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.

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The prime minister is expected to scrap plans that would have given security services a blanket exemption from a law designed to prevent cover-ups in public life.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

The families of victims of the Manchester Arena bombing say they cannot support the current form of a new law being designed to stop cover-ups.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

Can you lay out the lies and fabrications and cover-ups?

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2025

It would also ensure legal funding is provided to people affected by future establishment cover-ups or state disasters.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025

In turn, Patel tweeted a pledge that “There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents.”

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2025