In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
1there has been a cover-up — ha habido una maniobra para encubrir el asunto
- they are looking into the Ecesa cover-up — están investigando el encubrimiento de actividades ilícitas en Ecesa
- Maybe he had better try to change the cover-ups to the truth.
- Your pitiful attempt at a cover-up afterwards only cost us more trouble.
- For them, the cover-up of serious crimes is a way of life, a feature of their everyday business.
- It may be that we are faced with a serious cover-up which goes to the highest levels.
- A string of safety problems and attempted cover-ups since then has undermined public faith in nuclear energy.
- If so, as so often, the attempted cover-up is far more culpable than the initial flaring of temper.
- Inference is drawn that an alleged cover-up automatically implies the truth of the hypothesis.
- The director will also ensure police are immediately called to investigate incidents to prevent allegations of cover-ups.
- Her crime was to attempt a cover-up of something that wasn't a crime.
- These revealed the President's close involvement in the original crime and its subsequent cover-up.
- It sounds as though the trust was attempting a cover-up.
- However, they did not realise that the DNA test would also be able to expose their attempts at a cover-up.
- Many suing chaplains claim cover-ups of such crimes are commonplace.
- One simple fact shows very clearly the extent to which a genuine cover-up of the truth exists.
- In fact, the accounts are contradictory and smack of a rather crude attempt at a cover-up.
- She refused to apologise on behalf of her Department and denied any attempt at a cover-up or bid to suppress the news.
- She soon discovers a cover-up involving contaminated water in a local community.
- What must it be like to be a CSO in a company whose senior management is up to their eyeballs in fraud and cover-ups?
- Trent said: ‘Autocracy leads to corruption, which leads to cover-ups and cover-ups lead to more corruption.’
- And when you do it to discredit someone who is telling the truth it's a cover-up.
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