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- noun Alternative spelling of
cover-up .
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Examples
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If the U.S. wants to prosecute Gary, let his trial find out the real truth about UFOs, since the real coverup is that Gary is going to be a scapegoat to hide the truth from the British and American People, under the pretense of hacking charges, so we will all continue to be scared sheep, watching the Tele from the safety of our living rooms.
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He wants more media coverage, and this latest gaffe and coverup is certainly newsworthy. —
McCain Touts His Support of Israel - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The Government/Military wiretapping effort which now appears to be headed into a coverup is part of a major effort by criminal elements within out Government to spy on us.
Think Progress » Specter Caves, Proposes Blanket Amnesty For Illegal Government Surveillance 2006
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Not a fraudulent posturing designed to once again coverup a corporate takeover of a regions sole method of funding their growth as a country or region.
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The old “coverup is worse than the crime” applies with Watergate and it applies here.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Five-count Indictment On I. Lewis Libby 2005
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We need to write congress and tell them the 2 stories about Rove indicate a lie or coverup from the WH.
Think Progress » Bill Kristol Declares Fitzgerald Investigation Over, Fitzgerald Disagrees 2005
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The coverup is almost always worse than the crime.
April 2005 2005
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Of course, nuts get subject to bad treatment, too; and police-denial of a coverup is just what you'd expect if there was a coverup.
Boing Boing: December 22, 2002 - December 28, 2002 Archives 2002
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Here's a close-up look at the "coverup" -- led by the Truman White House -- of the first "Hiroshima movie," some of it based on material we were first to discover at the Truman Library in Missouri.
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Here's a close-up look at the "coverup" -- led by the Truman White House -- of the first "Hiroshima movie," some of it based on material we were first to discover at the Truman Library in Missouri.
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