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What is another word for
cover-up
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Noun
An attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake
Something used as a means of concealing a secret
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
Something that covers or conceals
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive
A lie, or an instance of telling a lie
Verb
Blend in
To hide or conceal, typically something incriminating
To suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
To wrap up, cover, or surround completely
To strengthen or fasten (something) with battens
To wrap or cover something
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
To bury in a grave
To protect from attack, harm or danger
To put on one's clothes (from a state of undress)
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
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▲
Noun
▲
An attempt to conceal or disguise a wrongdoing or a mistake
concealment
suppression
hiding
veil
burial
disguise
secretion
wraps
hushing up
hush-up
keeping hidden
covering up
-gate
placing under wraps
veil of secrecy
seal of secrecy
keeping secret
censorship
withholding
camouflage
silencing
conspiracy of silence
whitewash
mask
squashing
misprision
dissimulation
smoke screen
fig leaf
red herring
front
stifling
non-disclosure
banning
gagging
muzzling
smothering
covering
outlawing
disguising
proscription
stonewalling
restriction
more ❯
“She refused to apologize and denied any attempt at a
cover-up
or bid to suppress the news.”
Noun
▲
Something used as a means of concealing a secret
cover
disguise
front
facade
façade
cloak
guise
mask
pretense
US
screen
smokescreen
veil
blind
camouflage
masquerade
pretence
UK
pretext
semblance
deception
masking
scheme
veneer
closeting
curtain
disguising
feint
smoke screen
smoke-screen
false front
put-on
window-dressing
smoke and mirrors
fig leaf
red herring
dissimulation
act
charade
pose
show
faking
shroud
concealment
playacting
airs
counterfeit
make-believe
simulation
costume
pretension
trickery
deceit
face
dress
imposture
pretentiousness
dissembling
covering
play-acting
trick
illusion
disguisement
subterfuge
pageant
diversion
decoy
cloud of smoke
wall of smoke
false colors
shade
coverup
mantle
hood
envelope
layer
wraps
air
aspect
posture
appearance
visage
affectation
false colours
window dressing
beard
impersonation
personation
color
US
mummery
ruse
colour
UK
bluff
revel
burlesque
jive
phoniness
hoax
sell
humbug
forgery
sham
spoof
con
fiction
lie
snow job
feigning
fakery
imitation
smoke
flimflam
put-up job
more ❯
“Heisenberg ran a car wash as a
cover-up
for his money-laundering operation.”
Noun
▲
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
excuse
justification
reason
plea
defence
UK
explanation
grounds
extenuation
mitigation
pretence
UK
pretense
US
vindication
evasion
front
rationalisation
UK
rationalization
US
alibi
apology
basis
cause
cover
defense
US
palliation
pretext
apologia
argument
coverup
line
story
disguise
expedient
fabrication
routine
subterfuge
whitewash
cop-out
get-out
cover story
mitigating circumstances
ostensible reason
song and dance
why and wherefore
fish story
way around
ploy
ruse
con
simulation
stratagem
feint
fig leaf
stall
red herring
device
alleged reason
supposed grounds
false excuse
case
rationale
account
reasoning
assertion
accounting
declaration
logic
motive
validation
thesis
answer
evidence
proof
motivation
support
warrant
sense
foundation
reasons
raison d'être
claim
contention
polemic
testimony
argumentation
thinking
theory
advocacy
suit
exculpation
exoneration
expostulation
philosophy
apologetics
approval
demonstration
wherefore
principle
premise
allegation
pleading
whatfor
whys and wherefores
line of reasoning
statement
logical basis
retort
postulation
assurance
apologism
apologetic
meaning
airtight case
defending evidence
whyfor
sour grapes
the big idea
the whole idea
hypothesis
the why and wherefore
confession
action
fish tale
out
right
connection
endorsement
explication
syllogism
ratiocination
modification
qualification
moderation
reduction
copout
school of thought
good sense
rationality
issue
questioning
excusing
explaining
response
promotion
upholding
jive
apologizing
US
return
cleanup
apologising
UK
insistence on
dialectic
confirmation
an excuse
corroboration
attestation
verification
testament
occasion
witness
goal
purpose
authentication
intention
aim
testimonial
incentive
impetus
objective
ground
point
inducement
design
end
target
causation
object
causality
antecedent
subject
authority
why
substantiation
exposition
absolution
driver
underpinning
instigation
causal agent
driving force
source
genesis
origin
chief ingredient
inspiration
principal element
whitewashing
palliative
acquittal
just cause
whole idea
more ❯
“Cynics advanced the view that self-defense was merely a
cover-up
for the overreaction.”
Noun
▲
Something that covers or conceals
cloak
cape
mantle
blanket
cover
covering
coverture
curtain
pall
penumbra
shroud
veil
wrap
wrapper
wraps
hood
cope
mask
robe
screen
layer
cloud
canopy
veneer
sheet
shield
blind
camouflage
front
disguise
façade
pretence
UK
facade
pretense
US
smokescreen
smoke screen
overlay
shadow
shade
envelope
pretext
film
guise
smoke and mirrors
show
darkness
cloth
semblance
gloom
column
wall
concealment
gown
kaftan
blur
mist
haze
beard
face
coat
coating
carpet
simulation
affectation
air
thickness
masquerade
red herring
false front
dissimulation
appearance
bed
surface
sheath
skin
mat
fleece
mass
billow
puff
dense mass
smoke
plume
shower
crust
deposit
topping
spiral
dusting
trail
surging mass
swirl
lamination
encrustation
skim
fan
smear
casing
wrapping
plating
daub
ornamentation
glaze
wash
adornment
varnish
decoration
appliqué
steam
fog
murk
mistiness
brume
miasma
more ❯
“The evidence is overwhelming once you look beneath the
cover-up
.”
Noun
▲
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
equivocation
dissimulation
deception
duplicity
fallacy
misrepresentation
sophistry
spuriousness
amphibology
amphiboly
deceit
deceptiveness
distortion
doublespeak
fibbing
speciousness
circumlocution
delusion
fib
indirectness
lie
lying
stonewall
waffle
casuistry
colouring
UK
coloring
US
con
cover
flannel
line
paltering
stall
waffling
beating about the bush
double entendre
double meaning
double talk
pussyfooting around
run-around
song and dance
weasel words
cop out
quibbling routine
evasion
equivocality
spin
prevarication
ambiguity
doubtfulness
song
hedging
shuffling
hedge
equivoque
euphemism
weasel word
tergiversation
fudge
cop-out
vagueness
ambiguousness
unclearness
equivocalness
indefiniteness
ambiguous statement
avoidance
stonewalling
more ❯
Noun
▲
A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive
deception
trick
artifice
ruse
wile
stratagem
con
hoax
fraud
subterfuge
dodge
device
scheme
flimflam
manoeuvre
UK
swindle
sham
scam
machination
cheat
maneuver
US
imposture
feint
sting
pretence
UK
contrivance
gimmick
bunco
pretense
US
bluff
blind
hustle
grift
game
pretext
shift
fetch
wheeze
rort
fake
canard
trap
lurk
fastie
misrepresentation
snare
jive
illusion
lie
flanker
chicane
rig
schlenter
decoy
stall
catch
hokum
bilk
ride
shuck
set-up
con trick
confidence trick
leg-pull
Trojan horse
snow job
con game
fast one
fast shuffle
mare's nest
confidence game
deceit
trickery
racket
chicanery
humbug
spoof
stunt
sell
whitewash
fix
jazz
baloney
plant
frame
wrong
rip-off
double-dealing
put-on
cozening
hoaxing
bamboozlement
shell game
hanky-panky
dirty trick
run around
shady deal
cover up
dirty pool
bill of goods
victimisation
UK
victimization
US
ploy
gambit
tactic
dishonesty
cheating
expedient
duplicity
craft
plot
intrigue
sleight
move
jig
play
craftiness
shenanigan
plan
fraudulence
cunning
dissimulation
knack
guile
juggle
sharp practice
deceitfulness
fakery
dissembling
strategy
funny business
jiggery-pokery
gamesmanship
skulduggery
legerdemain
kidology
smokescreen
codology
jugglery
design
deviousness
method
conspiracy
skullduggery
crookedness
deceptiveness
monkey business
hypocrisy
dupery
knavery
cunningness
artfulness
setup
shenanigans
slyness
sophistry
wiliness
foxiness
machinations
guilefulness
underhandedness
crookery
cozenage
evasion
lying
treachery
sleight of hand
duping
line of action
cover
wiles
fiddle
hoodwinking
imposition
swindling
invention
game plan
shamming
hocus-pocus
fabrication
monkeyshines
falsification
course of action
falsehood
falsity
twist
manoeuvring
UK
red herring
smoke and mirrors
angle
maneuvering
US
cabal
cunning plan
brainchild
tactics
means
project
bunko
distraction
prank
management
unscrupulousness
fourberie
wangle
booby trap
loophole
put-up job
frame-up
mendacity
programme
UK
masquerade
program
US
insincerity
camouflage
venture
blueprint
enterprise
guise
posturing
secret plan
plan of action
cant
falseness
diddle
disguise
swizzle
bluffing
shakedown
pretension
manipulation
bait
quackery
blackmail
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
embezzlement
scheming
mischief
every trick in the book
caper
smoke screen
scenario
take-in
distractor
diversion
measure
dirty work
switch
tricks
diversionary tactic
joke
system
instrument
sport
action
arrangement
covin
finesse
bait and switch
ground plan
monkey tricks
secret
master plan
screen
cloak
mask
front
footwork
facade
specious reasoning
artful argument
façade
toils
exploitation
swizz
ambush
charlatanry
delusion
distortion
stratagems
roguery
defrauding
misleading
overreaching
ambidexterity
dissemblance
trapping
two-timing
ambidextrousness
entrapping
two-facedness
sellout
sanctimoniousness
extortion
stealing
operation
idea
furtiveness
wire-pulling
surreptitiousness
waffle
talk
verbiage
nonsense
double-crossing
duck
escapade
feigning
dirty dealing
policy
antic
faking
misleading talk
double cross
crooked deal
sweet talk
soft soap
crocodile tears
piousness
disguising
counterfeiting
concealing
masking
double-cross
Tartufferie
mock attack
hot air
kicker
curveball
phoneyness
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
struggle
agenda
make-believe
winning move
fake out
suppression
lies
propaganda
crafty designs
bit of sharp practice
piece of deception
road map
grand design
innovation
coinage
concoction
creation
wrinkle
bit
scene
oldest trick in the book
empty talk
gin
resource
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
pitfall
little game
one-upmanship
temptation
hook
dragnet
inveiglement
enticement
allurement
seducement
snag
misconduct
misbehaviour
UK
misbehavior
US
step
slant
formation
come-on
devilry
proposition
collusion
equivocation
play-acting
improvisation
clever move
lure
deviation
disturbance
commotion
interruption
subtlety
loss-leader
shtick
stopgap
recourse
resort
refuge
expediency
makeshift
attention-grabber
sneakiness
canniness
slickness
curve ball
false face
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
misleading clue
cageyness
caginess
plotting
subtleness
jest
promotion
aid
fun
apparatus
concern
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
counterfeit
fixture
planning
conniving
goings-on
hankie-pankie
kite
boondoggle
carryings-on
carry-on
hokey-pokey
dealing
complot
barratry
monkeyshine
crime
criminality
string
dirty tricks
palace intrigue
villainy
foul play
bad deed
dirty deeds
hoky-poky
cruel act
song and dance
snake oil
wooden nickel
more ❯
Noun
▲
A lie, or an instance of telling a lie
falsehood
lie
untruth
fabrication
fib
falsity
falsification
prevarication
story
whopper
fiction
mendacity
invention
porky
fable
taradiddle
tarradiddle
pretence
UK
pretense
US
tale
yarn
sham
distortion
canard
figment
misstatement
hogwash
line
fraud
untruism
fakery
feigning
fibbery
fairy tale
trumped-up story
fake news
tall story
piece of fiction
fairy story
white lie
made-up story
tall tale
alternative fact
barefaced lie
flight of fancy
red herring
little white lie
terminological inexactitude
cock and bull story
figment of the imagination
departure from the truth
porky pie
pork pie
false statement
half truth
cock-and-bull story
false report
exaggeration
deception
misrepresentation
myth
half-truth
pretext
dissimulation
ruse
crock
deceit
disinformation
wile
bulldust
fantasy
trickery
fallacy
misinformation
dishonesty
illusion
coloring
US
concoction
delusion
error
rumour
UK
misconception
stratagem
fancy
colouring
UK
jazz
rumor
US
misbelief
hallucination
fish story
fraudulence
inaccuracy
kidology
baloney
deceitfulness
subterfuge
hypocrisy
hoax
hyperbole
stretch
lies
propaganda
caricature
slant
shamming
dissembling
duplicity
phantasy
rant
romance
misjudgement
misjudgment
imagination
treachery
artifice
lying
fake
overstatement
forgery
smoke
amplification
emphasis
perjury
untruthfulness
guise
adulteration
excess
embroidery
extravagance
enlargement
elaboration
gossip
exaltation
detraction
perversion
fudging
aggrandizement
US
hyperbolism
boasting
figure of speech
twisting
twist
shaggy-dog story
mutilation
false colours
lack of veracity
false excuse
jive
manipulation
economy with the truth
doctoring
alteration
tampering
song and dance
aggrandisement
UK
figment of imagination
false light
not a true picture
angler's tale
pishogue
old wivesʼ tale
whisper
claptrap
whitewash
malarkey
bunk
nancy story
fibbing
opus
artifact
US
work
artefact
UK
big lie
remarkable story
quibbling
evasiveness
equivocation
spinach
guile
spuriousness
persuasion
falseness
excuse
backbiting
evasion
scandal
unreliability
prepared speech
one for the birds
cover
disguise
mask
semblance
front
deviation from the truth
disregard for the facts
urban legend
urban myth
superstition
apologue
creation
pretentiousness
magnification
pretension
inflation
overemphasis
overestimation
slanting
nonsense
bias
improvisation
purple prose
fibs
false colors
misreporting
creativity
hooey
unrealism
debasement
spin
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
mistaken belief
false notion
stretching
fiddling
changing
fictitious story
conspiracy theory
change
tinkering
tall talk
made up story
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
more ❯
Verb
▲
Blend in
airbrush
blend
blend in
colour
UK
color
US
conceal
cover up
doctor
mask
paint
spray
spraypaint
touch up
photoshop
stain
tinge
tint
tincture
pigment
shade
bepaint
wash
dye
coat
roller
brush
undercoat
spray-paint
put on coats
apply paint to
gloss
cover
distemper
whitewash
gloss over
slap on
Verb
▲
To hide or conceal, typically something incriminating
whitewash
camouflage
conceal
suppress
cloak
cover up
obscure
screen
veil
airbrush
hush up
cover
keep dark
keep secret
sugarcoat
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
draw a veil over
pull a veil over
hide
disguise
mask
paper over
shroud
blanket
belie
occult
blot out
curtain
enshroud
stifle
dissemble
secrete
bury
shield
keep quiet about
smother
cache
withhold
stonewall
dress up
keep under wraps
block out
keep under your hat
befog
envelop
ensconce
sit on
keep a lid on
put up a front
masquerade
repress
shade
censor
veneer
obfuscate
obstruct
stash
burke
harbour
UK
harbor
US
bottle up
not tell
keep quiet
keep hidden
keep back
keep the lid on
not breathe a word of
hold back
feign
simulate
dissimulate
fake
sham
bluff
affect
squash
falsify
downplay
minimize
US
varnish
shadow
canopy
redact
gag
palliate
hush
adumbrate
muzzle
mantle
not divulge
shutter
minimise
UK
seclude
drape
obliterate
dim
becloud
blind
reserve
wallpaper
put on an act
hide from view
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
keep mum about
blank out
beard
block off
keep to yourself
put on a front
stow away
keep unknown
muffle
not disclose
sheathe
gloss over
put out of sight
keep cover
not give away
make light of
swallow
front
keep in the dark
sink
choke back
give a false idea of
give a false account of
board up
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
bush up
put up a smokescreen
make inconspicuous
make up
shelter
overlay
finesse
launder
misrepresent
throw on makeup
extenuate
close
separate
shut in
gird
shut off
hem
shut out
wall off
umbrage
pretend
varnish over
counterfeit
act
cover over
black out
assume
profess
pose
de-emphasize
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
posture
lie
protect
deceive
mislead
eclipse
overshadow
block
doublespeak
pussyfoot
put on
cloud
pass for
make out
let on
blur
fog
mist
haze
mute
four-flush
be dishonest
hide one's feelings
shuck and jive
make like
play possum
play-act
pass off as
double-talk
sequester
darken
bedim
blear
overcast
overcloud
encase
withhold from
fail to disclose
dummy up
clam up
keep something from someone
keep silent about
keep from
stow
hinder
tuck away
wrap
dislimn
cast a shadow over
keep out of sight
benight
blacken
bemist
pettifog
murk
obnubilate
squirrel
plant
hide away
secure
stash away
hide out
squirrel away
more ❯
Verb
▲
To suppress or hide a secret or piece of information
bottle up
repress
suppress
hide
conceal
contain
control
stifle
swallow
withhold
box up
check
cork
cover up
hold back
hold down
inhibit
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
restrain
smother
curb
hold in
choke back
keep back
keep in
rein in
bite back
shut in
fight back
keep a lid on
keep in check
button up
cork up
muffle
bridle
deaden
strangle
put a lid on
muzzle
hold in check
silence
keep under control
sink
keep a rein on
submerge
pocket
constrain
impede
retard
hinder
restrict
moderate
limit
regulate
hold
tame
govern
put a brake on
stem the flow of
slow down
obstruct
thwart
hamper
bar
trammel
block
prevent
frustrate
foil
fetter
stem
reduce
curtail
keep
gag
measure
rule
keep within bounds
keep the lid on
interfere with
pull in
tie up
dampen
cool
keep down
rein back
sit on
bring under control
kill
stay
crack down
pull back
keep in line
straiten
stop
handicap
encumber
deny
hold off
stymie
cramp
shackle
hobble
subdue
clog
handcuff
discipline
freeze
peg
deter
manacle
slow
embarrass
entrammel
baulk
UK
stall
prohibit
keep lid on
box in
cool down
put the brakes on
cut back
put a limit on
cool off
keep tight rein on
bring to screeching halt
keep a tight rein on
avert
interdict
debar
forbid
outlaw
sandbag
faze
enjoin
ward
put on brakes
hog-tie
hang up
hold up
throw a spanner in the works
short-circuit
balk
US
delay
rein
pause
neutralize
US
terminate
squelch
interrupt
cut short
bottleneck
staunch
counteract
repulse
discourage
play for time
choke
put a spoke in someone's wheel
rebuff
stand in the way of
nip in the bud
circumvent
neutralise
UK
slacken pace
brake
bring to a standstill
checkmate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To wrap up, cover, or surround completely
envelop
cover
enclose
encompass
surround
blanket
enfold
enwrap
swathe
hide
veil
conceal
encase
engulf
obscure
shroud
wrap
cloak
cocoon
embrace
sheathe
swaddle
enshroud
mantle
shield
bosom
bower
circumfuse
embosom
embower
enswathe
inclose
invest
involve
lap
mask
muffle
screen
wrap up
obnubilate
wrap around
cover up
drape
overlay
overspread
roll
superimpose
cloud
disguise
eclipse
bury
curtain
occult
ensconce
shadow
blot out
carpet
shade
suppress
obstruct
belie
coat
darken
camouflage
submerge
adumbrate
paper over
cache
flood
block out
overshadow
becloud
smother
overlie
overcast
overcloud
clothe
plaster
smear
top
cap
dim
encrust
daub
overrun
crown
bedaub
befog
sheet
blur
fog
mist
haze
pave
blacken
blear
bedim
dislimn
stash
blind
obfuscate
extend over
shutter
wash over
block off
immerse
embed
dissemble
dissimulate
cake
trap
dress up
sink
wreathe
stifle
besmear
shelter
pall
secrete
board up
do on the sly
stop something being overheard
bush up
seclude
lour
gloom
hem
close
separate
gird
umbrage
spread around
spread over
shut out
wall off
shut in
shut off
become cloudy
become gloomy
fuzz up
cloud over
grow dim
become overcast
be overcast
be overshadowed
spread thickly over
veneer
laminate
block
surface
face
inlay
obliterate
plate
ornament
adorn
glaze
overlap
benight
hinder
bemist
pettifog
stonewall
murk
suffuse
wash
varnish
spread
blank out
cast a shadow over
put over
keep out of sight
put out of sight
whitewash
keep hidden
deepen
gray
US
grey
UK
draw a veil over
hush up
keep secret
black out
keep dark
canopy
plant
cloud up
dull
beard
muddy
wallpaper
withhold
make dim
grow dark
film
put up a front
tuck away
give a false idea of
give a false account of
forcover
bedarken
becurtain
fade
front
minimize
US
mist over
extinguish
become shaded
minimise
UK
shower
tarnish
stow
burke
sugarcoat
downplay
throw on makeup
dusk
finesse
launder
cover over
inumbrate
overhang
put in a hole
masquerade
cast a shadow on
block off the light to
envelop in shadow
squirrel
harbour
UK
harbor
US
put up a smokescreen
make inconspicuous
make up
keep under your hat
grow black
make darker
sweep under the carpet
sweep under the rug
not breathe a word of
smuggle
grow darker
grow blacker
cast a shadow
ditch
become black
turn black
make dark
hole up
put out of the way
misrepresent
distort
falsify
warp
airbrush
colour
UK
misinterpret
miscolor
pervert
misstate
color
US
garble
mislead
twist
trump up
put a spin on
gloss over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To strengthen or fasten (something) with battens
board up
secure
close
shutter
cover up
fasten
fix
bolt
seal
bind
lock
chain
clasp
tighten
clamp
rivet
fasten securely
clamp down
nail down
make firm
tie
lock up
batten
tether
fasten down
make fast
lash
batten down
shut
padlock
seal up
stick down
close up
Verb
▲
To wrap or cover something
muffle
envelop
shroud
swathe
wrap
enclose
encompass
enfold
enshroud
veil
enswathe
enwrap
cocoon
embrace
inclose
mantle
embosom
embower
bosom
bower
cloak
circumfuse
invest
involve
lap
swaddle
cover up
wrap up
cover
pack
bind
bale
bunch
protect
encase
sheathe
drape
surround
fold
wind
bundle up
bandage
clothe
encircle
infold
pad
entwine
bedeck
consume
captivate
furl
overlay
twist
turn
imbricate
shingle
bundle
muffle up
cosset
truss
lock
cradle
engulf
immerse
conceal
circle
mask
soundproof
lag
heatproof
pall
pave
obnubilate
cinch
press
clinch
envelope
girdle
grab
cushion
twine
bear hug
insulate
roll up
make shockproof
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
misinform
deceive
fool
delude
hoodwink
mislead
misguide
beguile
bluff
con
dupe
misdirect
bamboozle
disinform
hoax
misstate
prevaricate
snooker
trick
cozen
sucker
doublespeak
gaff
hornswoggle
lie
misrepresent
snow
buffalo
burn
distort
fabricate
gammon
have
humbug
juggle
pervert
propagandise
UK
propagandize
US
spoof
catch
gull
mousetrap
lead astray
lie to
take in
cover up
double-talk
have on
string along
fake out
lead on
put on
suck in
do a number on
pull one's leg
put on an act
put on false front
take for a ride
bait and switch
give wrong information to
lead down the garden path
lead up the garden path
put on the wrong track
put up smoke screen
give someone a bum steer
pull the wool over someone's eyes
throw off the scent
send on a wild goose chase
wrong steer
scam
bilk
hose
swindle
illude
cheat
inveigle
shaft
bunk
defraud
fudge
kid
outfox
rook
betray
ensnare
victimize
US
jive
victimise
UK
overreach
caboodle
bait
entangle
enmesh
impose on
outwit
rip off
rope in
double-cross
put one over on
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
play trick on
give the wrong impression
lead up garden path
diddle
stiff
flimflam
sting
do
fleece
finagle
mulct
screw
euchre
fiddle
hustle
chisel
shortchange
entrap
beat
bunco
skin
take advantage of
bleed
chouse
stick
pluck
short
swizzle
take to the cleaners
ream
sharp
sell a pup to
squeeze
skunk
thimblerig
shake down
nobble
do in
seduce
chicane
exploit
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
sandbag
lure
milk
stitch up
make a fool of
befool
do the dirty on
sell
embezzle
juke
circumvent
fox
outsmart
trap
take
fake
gazump
clip
double-deal
baffle
bewilder
entice
sell down the river
tempt
two-time
set up
pull a fast one
outslick
cross
goldbrick
outdo
wheedle
outjockey
rob
swizz
shuck
gouge
outthink
defeat
top
steal a march on
falsify
outguess
outgeneral
cap
goose
worst
jip
confuse
screw over
get the better of
sell a pup
end run
figure out
play someone false
be disloyal to
break faith with
be unfaithful to
fail
allure
let down
jockey
coax
cajole
hook
manipulate
induce
pull
backstab
solicit
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
thwart
catch out
cuckold
decoy
outplay
four-flush
disappoint
trim
step out
jerk around
gaslight
sell out
play away
steer
play for a sucker
double deal
pull fast one
out-think
frame
perjure
equivocate
forswear
run rings round
stretch the truth
stab in the back
throw dust in someone's eyes
do out of
be economical with the truth
bear false witness
commit perjury
be cleverer than
make rings round
run a game on
do someone in the eye
sell a bill of goods to
corrupt
lead off
troll
do someone dirty
deke
sham
slip something over on
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
blag
stump
finesse
pull in
play
use
lull
psych out
pilfer
outperform
throw
overcharge
fix
cross up
take for a fool
frustrate
ruin
foil
sway
contrive
play dirty
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
play a trick on
make a sucker of
poke borack
dally
trifle
play-act
wangle
impress
catfish
toy
bilk of
extort
steal
wanton
split
bleed dry
pull wool over
wind up
do number on
sucker into
butty
go one better than
flam
pull someone's leg
bias
hand a line
play for a fool
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
hocus-pocus
rush
play a practical joke on
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
persuade
play games with
sweet-talk
lie under oath
swear falsely
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
make use of
short-change
play fast and loose with
give the runaround
send on a wild-goose chase
take out
fast talk
give bum steer
break the rules
give the shaft
snare
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
twist around your little finger
draw
fascinate
distract
come on
toll
ensorcell
tout
shill
wile
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
make somebody look an idiot
be unfaithful
invite
be disloyal
be dishonest
go back on
bribe
come on to
sweep off feet
best
fib
dissimulate
exaggerate
pretend
dissemble
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
tell an untruth
tell a falsehood
tell stories
be untruthful
tell a lie
concoct a story
depart from the truth
not speak the truth
make up a story
break promise
forswear oneself
say something untrue
not tell the truth
fake it
perjure oneself
tell untruths
be forsworn
BS
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
make believe
lack candor
put up a front
tell a white lie
tell a terminological inexactitude
more ❯
Verb
▲
Give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresent
distort
garble
misstate
pervert
belie
falsify
misinterpret
warp
disguise
fudge
misreport
twist
misquote
bend
color
US
colour
UK
cook
misrelate
parody
slant
strain
conceal
manipulate
travesty
adulterate
angle
beard
bias
blarney
cheese
cloak
con
confuse
dress
embellish
embroider
equivocate
exaggerate
lie
mangle
mask
miscolor
overdraw
overstate
palter
pirate
prevaricate
promote
puff
skew
snow
stretch
quote out of context
take out of context
blow smoke
build up
cover up
give a false account of
give a false idea of
pass off
phony up
put a spin on
trump up
alter
doctor
change
tamper with
fake
rig
fiddle
massage
interfere with
fix
tinker with
juggle
fiddle with
forge
misconstrue
modify
corrupt
transform
contort
amend
muddle
obscure
mistranslate
spin
misrender
meddle with
mess about with
mislead
deceive
varnish
airbrush
dress up
prejudice
fabricate
counterfeit
influence
masquerade
misattribute
magnify
suppress
pad
veil
whitewash
dissimulate
screen
hide
affect
put words in someone's mouth
cook the books
gloss over
put on an act
doctor up
jumble
weight
blur
slur
deteriorate
scam
curve
mutilate
mix up
mold
US
shape
mould
UK
tamper
weigh
twist around
misarticulate
quote
put the wrong slant on
invent
quote incorrectly
debase
overdo
dramatize
US
enhance
vitiate
hyperbolize
flimflam
diddle
finagle
contravene
salt
four-flush
traverse
gloss
deacon
fib
poison
trim
rearrange
shuffle
cover
give a false impression of
romanticise
UK
dramatise
UK
romanticize
US
fake it
frame up
occult
blanket
shroud
enshroud
curtain
revamp
edit
revise
rework
change round
make changes to
make adjustments to
make alterations to
elaborate on
blot out
paper over
patch
perform magic
subvert
cut
alloy
desecrate
cook up
touch up
varnish over
pretend
give a false picture of
make a pretense of
falsely represent
dissemble
minimize
US
veneer
downplay
feign
sugarcoat
secrete
extenuate
bluff
simulate
give a false identity to
minimise
UK
sham
camouflage
keep secret
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
put on a front
sweep under the carpet
keep dark
put up a front
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
sweep under the rug
degrade
taint
sway
defile
bastardize
US
contaminate
turn
prepossess
bastardise
UK
demean
abase
deprave
cheapen
debauch
spoil
dilute
profane
convert
foul
pollute
demoralize
US
lessen
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
predispose
prostitute
canker
engineer
weaken
orient
trick
impair
jaundice
demoralise
UK
make partial
present
impact
condition
gerrymander
swindle
arrange
disrupt
undercut
destabilize
US
destabilise
UK
give a bias to
arrange fraudulently
throw
faze
upset
steer
give a slant to
give a particular slant to
mock up
make biased
induce
persuade
incline
make partisan
impress
dispose
disillusion
embitter
lace
infect
sully
exert an influence on
have an effect on
devalue
disgrace
shame
metamorphose
putrefy
injure
mar
aggravate
disaffect
switch
brutalize
US
bestialize
depreciate
adapt
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
envenom
splay
mutate
drag down
hack
machinate
transmute
deform
recast
turn out
turn outwards
make impure
make resentful
make bitter
exploit
finesse
cheat
circumvent
outmanoeuvre
UK
morph
bilk
dupe
jockey
mastermind
bamboozle
wangle
outmaneuver
US
defraud
find a loophole in
fudge with
exploit a loophole in
snooker
game
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bury in a grave
inhume
bury
entomb
inter
sepulchre
UK
tomb
inearth
lay
ensepulcher
ensepulchre
enshrine
hearse
inurn
mummify
sepulcher
US
sepulture
deposit
plant
lay to rest
place in a tomb
place six feet under
put six feet under
consign to grave
consign to the grave
earth up
hold last rites for
hold services for
put away
cover up
lay out
deep-six
put in the ground
Verb
▲
To protect from attack, harm or danger
shield
protect
defend
guard
safeguard
secure
screen
shelter
cover
preserve
bulwark
keep
ward
save
forfend
fend
harbor
US
fence
conserve
harbour
UK
insulate
cushion
inoculate
house
shade
wrap
conceal
haven
stonewall
roof
shotgun
chamber
keep safe
keep from harm
afford protection to
ward off
cover up
provide protection for
ride shotgun
cover all bases
take under one's wing
give cover
give shelter
go to bat for
hedge
surround
enclose
hide
cover for
watch over
give refuge
take care of
provide safety
look after
fortify
watch
care for
mind
maintain
avert
give sanctuary
tend
garrison
uphold
assure
stand up for
support
insure
stick up for
barricade
escort
police
foster
ensure
stand guard over
prevent
cocoon
hold back
keep an eye on
suppress
chaperon
occupy
patrol
oversee
sentinel
man
immunise
UK
immunize
US
withhold
mount guard on
stand guard on
overlook
stand guard
stave off
alibi
secrete
fend off
save from harm
make invulnerable
guard against
assure the safety of
relieve
preside over
attend to
see to
give sanctuary to
be in charge of
give asylum to
provide refuge
provide with an alibi
give shelter to
provide a refuge for
give an alibi to
strengthen
sustain
cloister
bolster
keep from
halt
salvage
take someone under your wing
make safe
stop
retain
reclaim
arrest
retrieve
keep in good condition
picket
champion
rescue
make immune
thwart
intercept
foil
supply with troops
cherish
keep intact
keep in repair
rule
guide
make sound
make impregnable
nanny
mother
chaperone
keep guard on
take out insurance
be responsible for
have charge of
fight for
keep a lookout over
convoy
guarantee
take out insurance cover
persevere with
minister to
repel
repulse
block
check
sit with
manage
guaranty
cinch
ice
hold off
supervise
run
handle
administrate
oppose
resist
warrant
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
govern
operate
superintend
control
indemnify
hold
withstand
underwrite
fight off
defend oneself against
regulate
direct
steward
keep at bay
keep at arm's length
till
conduct
register
attend
keep tabs on
beat off
take in
provide sanctuary
repel danger
be the defender of
hold at bay
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put on one's clothes (from a state of undress)
dress
clothe oneself
get dressed
slip into clothes
don clothes
put on clothes
wear clothes
wear some clothes
cover up
Verb
▲
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
equivocate
tergiversate
prevaricate
waffle
pussyfoot
fudge
dodge
hedge
flannel
fence
weasel
sidestep
evade
quibble
stall
temporise
UK
temporize
US
parry
stonewall
shuffle
cavil
palter
con
jive
adumbrate
fib
lie
subtilize
shilly-shally
be evasive
be non-committal
dodge the issue
parry questions
beat about the bush
evade the issue
hum and haw
fudge the issue
be vague
hem and haw
sit on the fence
duck the question
shuffle about
cop out
duck the issue
pussyfoot around
beat around the bush
avoid the issue
be ambiguous
mince words
beg the question
blow hot and cold
double-talk
stall for time
cover up
run around
straddle the fence
cop a plea
pass the buck
cloud the issue
give run around
tell white lie
mince matters
vacillate
duck
sidestep the issue
avoid
shirk
circumvent
falsify
shift
misrepresent
shuck
balk
US
tergiverse
hesitate
give the runaround
put off
baulk
UK
dance around an issue
worm one's way out of
be noncommittal
flip-flop
ramble
skirt
blather
deceive
skirt the issue
fabricate
play it close to the vest
shift ground about
invent
distort
dither
misstate
exaggerate
dissemble
garble
misspeak
belie
waver
fast-talk
phony up
put on
stretch the truth
dodge the question
straddle an issue
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
give a false colour to
shuffle around
give the run around
be indecisive
hedge your bets
bypass
elude
not pay
not give a straight answer to
fend off
cop out of
skirt round
beat around bush
get out of
find a way round
be equivocal about
beat about the bush about
be evasive about
quibble about
avoid answering
eschew
fudge and mudge
back and fill
dance around
euphemize
tapdance
welsh
renege
flee
get around
sneak away
tap dance
lay low
slip out
escape
skip
beat
shortcut
body-swerve
steer clear of
skip out on
shake
ditch
give a wide berth to
juke
give the slip
put the move on
go around
shake off
more ❯
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